Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1896 — Kings Who Liked Perfumes. [ARTICLE]

Kings Who Liked Perfumes.

Napoleon was extravagantly fond of perfumes, and always had rose water and violet water in his bath. Charlemagne was always so highly scented that his appearance was heralded by the odor of the crushed flowers which he Used in large quantities in his toilet water. Philip Augustus never was without perfumes. After a hard day of riding or hunting lie had a bottle of scented water poured over his head. George 11. of England did not care for English scents. Those that he and his family used were brought fronr,Paris and the south of France! "