A small portable container or box, historically used to hold a burning piece of wood, coal, or fragrant substances for warmth or to perfume air.
From Old French crisset, possibly related to Old English crice (fire-pot). The origin is uncertain but may derive from Germanic languages. Historically used in medieval and Renaissance households as a heating and scent device.
Crissets were the medieval equivalent of portable warmers and air fresheners—people would carry them through drafty castles, and nobles used perfumed ones as status symbols, making fragrance one of history's oldest luxury markets.
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