The mission found special perfume-making ovens and murals that demonstrate how workers extracted liquid scents out of flowers. The village was a world-renowned perfume-making center, shipping their bottled products to be sold all around the world as well as the rest of Egypt, as further explained by Dr. Stein.
— Archaeologists have discovered what they are calling the world's oldest perfume factory in the Dakahlia governorate, east of Cairo. Read more at World's Oldest Village and Perfumery Found in Egypt at Cairo Scene.
If someone could recreate the perfumes used in ancient Egypt, I would be curious to smell them.
It’s been done before a few times, this is one I remember:
https://nstperfume.com/2007/03/17/worlds-oldest-perfumery-part-2/
I am not holding out hope that such an exhibit will come to anywhere that I would be able to attend. I would love for it to be somewhere in the US.
The 3rd century BC doesn’t seem to be quite as ancient as the article suggests (see Robin’s link above). I’d like to hear more about this current discovery, though.
Also, DSH did recreations of ancient Egyptian perfumes a few years back, in conjunction with a museum exhibit. Her sample set seems to still be available here: https://www.dshperfumes.com/shop/secrets-egypt-discovery-set/.