![]() The lady in waiting poured the water for the Queen to wash her hands and put on her chemise. The dame d’atours put on the petticoat and presented the dress. The lady in waiting and the dame d’atours, if they were together, were assisted by the First Lady of the Bedchamber and two ordinary women, responsible for the main service, but there were distinctions between them. ![]() On the process of dressing the queen: “The dressing of the Queen was a masterpiece of etiquette, with rules for everything. It’s a biography of the perfumer Jean-Louis Fargeon, and is full of tidbits about life at Versailles, fashions, gossip, the ingredients and composition of perfumes, and all kinds of fun things. I just finished reading a short (about 131 pages) but totally fascinating book, A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette’s Perfumer by Elisabeth de Feydeau (whose bio says she earned a Ph.D in the history of perfume at the Sorbonne–I wish I had majored in the history of perfume!). ![]() ![]() I had kind of a hard time coming up with a topic today (again!), so you’re going to get something of a book report. Hi, Amanda here, sitting in for the vacationing Elena! Elena will be back with you Saturday, and then next week we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled Riskies. ![]()
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