A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Elisabeth de Feydeau, Jane LizopPublish date:2022-02-22Pages:176
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tauris ParkeISBN-13:9780755647149ISBN-10:755647149UPC:9780755647149Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Fashion, Historical, EuropeBook Topic:FranceSize:8.60 x 5.51 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.3814Product ID:SCTBD138BN
The untold story of Marie-Antoinette's perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon.
Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon is born into a family of perfumers and soon becomes apprentice to his father's modest perfumery. But he dreams 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 French nobility, Fargeon eventually caught the attention of the queen. After meeting Marie Antoinette in the Trianon Palace, he began creating lavish bespoke scents that perfectly reflected her moods and personality. He served as her personal and exclusive perfumer for fourteen years until 1789 when the darkness of Revolution swept across France, its wrath aimed at the extravagance of a now hated queen. Fargeon, a lifelong supporter of the Republican cause but a purveyor to the court, was in a dangerous position. Yet he remained fiercely loyal to Marie Antoinette, beyond her desperate flight to Varennes, her execution and even through his own imprisonment and trial...Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tauris ParkeISBN-13:9780755647149ISBN-10:755647149UPC:9780755647149Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Fashion, Historical, EuropeBook Topic:FranceSize:8.60 x 5.51 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.3814Product ID:SCTBD138BN
Elisabeth de Feydeau obtained a PhD in the history of perfume at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. She is a professor at the Versailles School of Perfumers and cultural adviser to France's great perfume houses, including Christian Dior, Thierry Mugler, Chanel, Guerlain and Lancaster. She is the author of several books, including Diptyque, The Guerlain Novel and The Herbarium of Marie Antoinette, which has been translated into several languages. She was awarded the Prix Guerlain for this book in 2005 and was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2011.
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