Sniffing Around: Liberty of London

Today my Perfume-Partner-in-Crime and I popped into Liberty of London for a bit of sniffing around…

Marie Antoinette’s Olfactory Legacy

It may be somewhat telling that on 1st November 1755, one day prior to her birth, an earthquake, which today is estimated as having been somewhere in the range of magnitude 8.5 – 9, known as the Great Lisbon Earthquake struck Portugal causing massive devastation and sending shock-waves throughout Europe which were felt as far as Finland and North Africa.

Way to make an entrance, girl.

Marie Antoinette by Christine Comyn