![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet he remained fiercely loyal to Marie Antoinette, beyond her desperate flight to Varennes, her execution and even through his own imprisonment and trial. Fargeon, a lifelong supporter of the Republican cause but a purveyor to the court, was in a dangerous position. A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinettes Perfumer. He served as her personal and exclusive perfumer for fourteen years until 1789 when the darkness of Revolution swept across France, its wrath aimed at the extravagance of a now hated queen. After meeting Marie Antoinette in the Trianon Palace, he began creating lavish bespoke scents that perfectly reflected her moods and personality. Concocting sumptuous perfumes and pomades for most of the French nobility, Fargeon eventually caught the attention of the queen. His ambition carried him to Paris where his boutique became one of the most elegant and well-patronised in France. But he dreams of the glittering court of Versailles and of becoming perfumer to the young queen, Marie Antoinette. ![]() Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon is born into a family of perfumers and soon becomes apprentice to his father's modest perfumery. The untold story of Marie-Antoinette's perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon. ![]()
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