{"id":208,"date":"2010-03-25T13:22:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T12:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=208"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:52:44","slug":"papier-darmenie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/papier-darmenie","title":{"rendered":"Papier d'Arm\u00e9nie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Papier d'Arm\u00e9nie<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It is well known that the French have a good nose, and when it comes to smells, there is no one who can beat them. Since the 14th century, they have been unwavering leaders in the perfume industry, and if we think of cheese, chocolate and wine, we can only reaffirm this idea. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.papierdarmenie.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Papier d'Arm\u00e9nie,<\/a> the same. <\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='post-info'>25 March 2010 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/autor\/monapart\">Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/harvest-time-medieval-grape-harvesting-tacuina-sanitatis-xiv-century.png?itok=q3ROAIlR\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the 19th century, at the height of the Ottoman Empire, a certain <strong>Auguste Ponsot<\/strong> travelled to Armenia. There he discovered that the inhabitants of Armenia used to scent and disinfect their houses by burning a natural resin called <strong>benzoin<\/strong>and decided to share this good practice with his French compatriots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/papier-d-armenie-history_2.jpg\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His partner and pharmacist, <strong>Henri Rivier<\/strong>He discovered that by dissolving benzoin in 90% of alcohol, its odour persisted. He then added various flavourings to the solution until unique formulations were obtained.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/apothecary-shop-painting.png\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\" style=\"width:536px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All that was left was to find the medium: the <strong>blotting paper<\/strong> absorbed the solution, retained the original benzoin aroma and combusted slowly, without flame. Success was not long in coming, until the <strong>Papier d'Arm\u00e9nie was crowned at the 1889 International Exhibition.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/papier-d-armenie-history_0.jpg\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>benzoin<\/strong> is a substance appreciated for the sweet and vanilla notes that emanate from its combustion, and in the East it has been used for centuries to treat asthma and coughs, as a digestive, soothing, healing and antiseptic. But its best known properties are spiritual, as it drives away negative energies and bad thoughts. It is used in Malaysia during the inaugural ceremonies of rice cultivation, and in India it is believed to be the sacred aroma of the goddess Shiva.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/benjui.jpg\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\" style=\"width:682px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/dios-shiva.jpg?itok=bMI387rm\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With a neat retro aesthetic, an unmistakable aroma and an environmentally friendly production process based on a \"secret\" formula that has been produced in the same Parisian laboratory in Montrouge since 1885, the <strong>Papier d'Arm\u00e9nie is an icon of French culture.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/papier-d-armenie_4.jpg\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\" style=\"width:679px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/papier-d-armenie_2.jpg\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\" style=\"width:685px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you are fed up with <strong>incense<\/strong> cloying and you want to give your home an evocative aroma and <em>tr\u00e8s chic<\/em> as long as you clear it of bad stuff, this is an excellent option.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/papier-d-armenie_3.jpg\" alt=\"Papier d&#039;Arm\u00e9nie | Monapart\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is well known that the French have a good nose, and when it comes to smells, there is no one who can beat them. Since the 14th century, they have been unwavering leaders in the perfume industry, and if we think of cheese, chocolate and wine, we can only reaffirm this idea. The same goes for Papier d'Arm\u00e9nie. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2844,2846],"tags":[3203],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hogar","category-espacios-y-vida","tag-consumibles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18898,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/18898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}