🎧 Cleopatra to Jane Austen: Perfumes of Powerful Women
🎧 Betwixt the Sheets • 52m
Why did Cleopatra soak the sails of her ship in jasmine? How did Queen Elizabeth smell? And why was perfume an essential tool of power for women across history?Â
Whilst it’s hard to research the history of something that leaves no physical trace, we actually know a great deal about how some of the most iconic women in history would have smelt.Â
Joining Kate to evoke these scents and what they stood for is award-winning fragrance journalist Suzy Nightingale.
This episode is edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.Â
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