The Evil King's Favorite Concubine: Genius Perfumer

Chapter 113 Types of Fragrances

There are exactly ten perfumers participating in the incense fighting today, seven men and three women.

These ten craftsmen come from various counties in Xijiang Province, and there are two of them in the county-level incense shop in Deling County where Gan Tiantian is located.

They were all in their thirties, two of them were older, and the rest looked young.

The three female craftsmen were all women in their twenties, all above average in appearance, and two of them dressed as women.The remaining one with the girl's hair combed is slightly better than his companion in appearance, and his expression is moving when he looks at it.

The beauty named Lan Yingwei naturally attracted the most attention, but it only caused a little discussion, and the venue immediately returned to calm.

To be honest, among the perfumers Gan Tiantian has seen, none of them are ugly.Girls with really bad looks will be brushed off in the apprenticeship level.

Perfumer is a beautiful and cruel industry, the elimination rate is high, even better than the imperial examination.Because it is a business related to "beauty", it is natural that an "unbeautiful" appearance cannot be accepted.No matter how talented you are, if you seem to have no salt, you basically have no chance to succeed.

Only those descendants of the Xiangyao family can skip the appearance restriction and have the opportunity to enter this industry... But it seems that there has never been anyone who has really reached a high position.

But on the other hand, just because everyone was selected when they entered the industry, being slightly better than others is not an advantage.Everyone is not ugly, what really needs to be fought is the talent of perfumery!
After Xie Fangzhu, who presided over the incense fighting meeting, introduced the ten perfumers one by one, it will soon enter the first incense fighting session.

This kind of formal official incense fighting meeting is generally divided into three sessions: tasting incense, talking about incense, and mixing incense.

Tasting incense, as the name suggests, is like tasting incense at the Lianjiaxiang meeting that Gan Tiantian participated in a few days ago.However, the classification of pinxiang is also very detailed. Sometimes you can test pinxiang and write incense recipes, sometimes you can test pinxiang to find problems, etc... They are all really expert ways to test, not just saying a few words "this fragrance is very fragrant." OK" will pass.

Tanxiang, although the word "talk" is used, it is not empty talk, but to show one's own ability.The main purpose is to show the "judges and teachers" their best perfumery skills, such as the unique method of separating incense from fire, the new technology of suppressing incense sticks...

While explaining this to Gan Tiantian, Ji Bingyun told her proudly that every time he came to the "Talk about Fragrance", he could always come up with new skills to overwhelm everyone.

The real know-how is not shown, it is the secret of every perfumer.It is enough to show the results to everyone - back then, how many people expected him to show the new fragrance method, and how many people scratched their heads because they couldn't crack his technology...

"Thank you, the hero doesn't mention the courage of the year, please continue to the third item."

Gan Tiantian rudely interrupted Ji Bingyun's nostalgia, she knew that this guy was very powerful, so there was no need to tell her the details.She wasn't going to worship him!
"..."

It was rare for Ji Bingyun to be deflated, and she was very unhappy for a moment of silence before continuing: "The third scene is the key, mixing incense, also known as making incense."

He said that the first two sessions were just to show the perfumers that they have the ability to participate in this fragrance competition.The third match is the real competition.

In other words, the first two games are impression points, so it's right not to count them into the total score!Gan Tiantian complained to himself.

In the third round, each member of the Douxiang team took out their most recent finished products, smoked them on the spot, and let all the "judges and teachers" come to taste and rank them.

How many people participate, how many ranks!

Speaking of this, Ji Bingyun hated iron for being weak and said: "It's all because you are stupid, slow to learn, and are still struggling with the most basic raw materials of fragrance medicine... I haven't had time to teach you the grade of finished fragrance products. .”

"Then what are you teaching now?"

Gan Tiantian Diaoerlang replied locally.How, I am so stupid, despise me to your heart's content!
Ji Bingyun actually has nothing to do with her "not seeking to make progress" and her thick skin... I really want to hold back and stop teaching, but he can't hold back!

Therefore, Ji Bingyun could only continue talking...

Finished fragrances are strictly graded.However, this set of basically unified classification of incense products did not exist in the previous dynasty, and even at the beginning of the founding of the Great Xiao, it was only in its infancy...

According to Ji Bingyun, the grading method used in this set of incense fighting was proposed after he became a great incense master, and it was finally finalized after repeated discussions at the Shangxiang Bureau and the Shangyao Bureau, and then it was promoted in the fragrance medicine industry all over the world. Broadly.

"So it's your masterpiece at all."

Gan Tiantian rolled his eyes.

She can imagine how troublesome and complicated the fragrance grades formulated by such picky perfectionists are.

You can definitely write a thick book!Do not!Several volumes!

"You know me very well." Ji Bingyun said leisurely.

Nonsense, which of us is with whom, our souls live in the same body...

Gan Tiantian knew Ji Bingyun very well, and Ji Bingyun also knew how "stupid" Gan Tiantian was, so he kept his story short.

Simply put, Douxiang's fragrances are divided into three classes.

The third class is a single-type fragrance, that is, a fragrance with only aroma.The preparation method of this kind of fragrance is relatively simple. Although it smells all kinds of fragrance at the beginning, it will dissipate soon. What's worse, you will feel pungent and dizzy when you smell it for a long time-but it is the worst up.

The second category is the pleasure category and the medicinal category.The fragrances listed as second-class are more complex in their own preparation techniques, or they can add poetry, pleasing temperament, and nourish emotions;

"Most of the floral fragrances that are very popular recently can be classified as second-class." Ji Bingyun explained casually.

"What about the first class?"

The first-class fragrances are fragrances for cultivation.

This kind of incense should not only have a charming aroma, but also be able to calm the will, relax the body and mind, open up the scriptures, and be suitable for meditation, chanting, and meditation...Those traditional "Buddhist incense" and "Taoist incense", All belong to this category.

Such fragrances not only require high perfumery skills, but also the perfumers themselves have extremely high connotations and accomplishments.Moreover, it is not every time that there is a new first-class incense in the Douxiang meeting. It is not bad that there is another new first-class incense in the whole country in a few years.

"Each class is further divided into upper, middle and lower classes, which are good for ranking... Besides, there are actually super classes above the first class."

"extra fine?"

Gan Tiantian was surprised: "Isn't there only three classes? Why is there an extra super class?"

"Because very few people can concoct it."

Ji Bingyun replied naturally.

Uh... that seems to be correct?

(End of this chapter)