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Fragrance Tips: Fragrance Facts
• Rumour has it that en route to the guillotine, Marie Antoinette trailed drops of her favourite Houbigant perfume along the way.
• When Cleopatra headed down the river to meet Mark Anthony, her ships we perfumed so that he could smell her coming.
• More than 75% of British women wear fragrance regularly, making us only second to the French in the world league of perfume users.
• At the court of Louis XV, etiquette decreed that a different perfume be worn every single day.
• Perfume comes from the Latin per fumus (through smoke). The smoke of incense, burning woods and spices were the most ancient scents.
