![]() The Appendix, which contains an excerpt from Fargeon’s actual notes, describing different perfume ingredients, was interesting to read as well. There is a detailed description of the Parfum du Trianon, named after her favorite garden, a perfume which Fargeon designed specifically for her. Marie Antoinette, for example, was particularly fond of rose, violet, or tuberose scents. One of the most interesting aspects of the book to me was that it provides details about perfume formulae or simply what some of the popular fragrances were. ![]() ![]() “Perfume was no longer simply ‘the agreeable fragrance that pleases the sense of smell,” the author points out, “It was a key to the soul.” Perfumery was already well established in France, and even philosophers at the time acknowledged the importance of our olfactory senses. Based on Jean-Louis Fargeon’s-a perfumer for the court-biography, it offers a look at the fashion industry and the people who actually created the glamor surrounding the Queen. ![]() ![]() The book, as the title suggests, is not really an account of the historical events of this time or a detailed account of Marie Antoinette’s life (for the latter, I’d recommend Zweig’s or Frazier’s books). ![]()
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