English: Amphora, scented body oil, perfume bottles, rose petals and a figurine.
The perfume bottles (Ungnentaria) used by the Romans were made of alabaster, onyx or glass. The glass bottles were in a wide variety of shapes, many of them identical to the scent bottles of the present day.
Cosmetics were applied in private, usually in a small room where men did not enter. Cosmetae, female slaves that adorned their
mistresses, were especially praised for their skills. They would beautify their mistresses with cultus, the Latin word encompassing makeup, perfume and jewelry.
Photograph taken with permission at Museo Gruppo Storico Romano Museum in Rome
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