Some accounts say Louis XIV was a bit of a fanatic and had more than 2,000 enemas in his lifetime! During this period, individuals employed perfume as a method to conceal the foul odor generated ...

The bestselling fragrance, which retails from £64 ... Macron is well aware of this. “Just as Louis XIV made his perfumes an attribute of power when he paraded through the galleries of ...

Trudon’s newest fragrance, Tuileries ... beginning with King Louis XIV, and the stage of the Comédie-Française in Paris. Four years ago, the company’s chief executive, Isabelle Svartstein ...

JP: Louis XIV served as inspiration for ‘Absolu’. When he was raised as the Sun King, he imposed his tastes on all aspects of court life, including perfume. The young king detested the pungent, animal ...

Louis XIV, who moved to Versailles in 1682, called himself the Sun King but was nicknamed le doux fleurant (the sweet flowery one) due to his predilection for fragrance. He commissioned his royal ...

Giant wigs were a must-have for any man in the court of Louis XIV. The king’s absolute love for big hair sparked a trend that spread all over 17th-century Europe. King Louis XIV (in the silver ...

Show more In 1661 the 23 year-old French king Louis the XIV had been on the throne for 18 years when his chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin, died. Louis is reported to have said to his ministers ...