This word comes from two Latin words: per (through) and fumus (smoke). The first perfumes, then, were merely scented smoke - usually from fragrant logs added to a funeral pyre to conceal the smell of burning flesh.
Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, Volume III by William & Mary Morris, 1971.
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