A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer
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The untold story of Marie Antoinette's perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon.
Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon was born into a family of perfumers and soon became apprentice to his father's modest perfumery. But he dreamed of the glittering court of Versailles and of becoming perfumer to the young queen, Marie Antoinette.
His ambition carried him to Paris where his boutique became one of the most elegant and well-patronised in France. Concocting sumptuous perfumes and pomades for most of the Fren...






















