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and i am bereft upon her death his majesty said this is the first trouble which she has given me i was told he had the cologne he wore the day of his meeting her l eau d ange sprinkled on his mourning dress and wig and placed into all the oiselets de chypre infusers to perfume the chateau subsequently versailles is in an uproar dressmakers wigmakers perfumers cobblers are arriving in droves and the corridors are crawling with them as they rush like mad bees from apartment to apartment of all the quite hysterical ladies of the court the hunt is on and i do not mean for foxes or deer in the versailles forest no matter how young or for that matter decrepit some ladies may be they are all casting there nets to catch the kings eye it is a comedy worthy of that charming monsieur moliere the king has ordered a revival performance of les fourberies de scapin to ease his mourning or so i am told in any case my dear is it a madhouse here in the palace while the king is sniffing orange blossoms from the trees he brought from spain in the orangery for the queen s pleasure the lines are being drawn in the sand for a war of silk fans and lace garters his majesty s current mistress madame de montespan is on her way down down down the king is so obviously tired of her i can hear the convent bells tolling her name or at the very least a rustic forgotten chateau far from court is very much in her cards madame du ville is pushing her overdressed idiot thirteen year old daughter before her everywhere like a bread cart in paris she might as well be shouting fresh young virgin i doubt it for the taking the madames helene dampierre and josephine joussineau de troudonnet are in open but silent battle over a certain jeweler from pairs who has for sale the most stunning earbobs in emeralds and diamonds they both want those jewels to lure his majesty to there beds as if earrings could catch a king over charm and style and a perfectly powdered bosom as for me i am standing back and watching the entertainment from a safe distance i did not come to court to make a fool of myself no on the contrary i came to court to make a name for myself and to better my lot in life in other words i shall find small ways to comfort his majesty s grief to be of assistance in any way i can in short i shall dab a bit of pommade de florence in a few well chosen strategic places bide my time and in so doing become indispensable to the king other than that not much is going on at versailles i hope all is well with you don t lose your head to some rich venetian and keep your sights on the doge we must make our way in this world the best we can with the talents that god gave us as women yours ever and always photograph of young louis xiv the sun king by alexia sinclair fleur de louis by arquiste is inspired by the moment when king louis xiv first laid eyes upon his young spanish bride marie theresa of spain they met at the isle of pheasants near the city of irun on the border of france and spain in 1660 the meeting was not only to present the young princess to the king but to ensure peace between france and spain as it is today it was not considered good luck in the 17 th century to see the bride before the wedding but louis being bold and of an entitled nature presented himself to king philip iv and his daughter to avert the awkward moment the spanish king pretended not to see louis and his daughter being a proper catholic princess blushed and lowered her eyes but not before she got an spectacular eyeful of her future this perfume created by rodrigo flores roux for carlos huber s arquiste line captures the splendor and elegance of the age of the sun king it opens with a gorgeous african orange blossom that louis who was known as the sweetest smelling monarch in europe loved this orange note also brings in a touch of spain and the infanta marie theresa rose jasmine signify the favorite perfume of the king l eau d ange under this is a warm iris note supported by an earthy deep royally rich orris which gives a nod to the ladies of the french court who wore pomade de florence which the king loved in the base is a sturdy cedar note that blends with a fresh bright pine note these wood notes add a strong masculine support the waning notes in the dry down i find that even though it is marketed to women fleur de louis is very much a uni sex fragrance fit for a king and his consort and however many mistresses he may have it is delicate refined and quite beautiful and falls in feeling somewhere between a classic eau de cologne and a fine perfume one might expect that description to mean it smells old fashioned not at all in fact i find this perfume to be youthful bright and full of colorful nuances both the sillage and longevity are of a moderate nature it projects at about arms length which i find perfect and lasts on my skin around six hours this sophisticated and beautiful perfume is indeed a royal treasure to be enjoyed by all who wish to share the moment of promise that once enfolded a king and queen at the dawn of the sun king s reign fleur de louis by arquiste five gold stars november 16 2013 categories arquiste perfume storytime uni sex fragrance women s perfume tags carlos huber fleur de louis men s cologne perfume uni sex fragrance versailles women s perfume author laniersmith comments 12 comments we ll always have paris book review the hotel on the place vendome this book will be released in march 2014 the only connection this has with perfume are in the coco chanel stories you see the book was so good i had to share it with you this is a must read book for sure an epic human drama that sweeps across the pages of history with might misfortune and triumph this is the story of the hotel on place vendome the author tilar j mazzio who wrote the endlessly fascinating the secret of chanel no 5 has created in this book about the ritz hotel in paris a real page turner of a read sharply detailed witty brave funny and tragic it is a brilliant accomplishment everyone goes to the ritz like in the great world war ii film casablanca everybody who is anybody in this true story goes to the ritz what happened in real life between the covers of this book surpasses anything of reel life that every came out of hollywood in the golden age over the course of the story from the opening of the grand hotel to the end of the war a parade of unforgettable characters from marcel proust to marlene dietrich and everyone in between shows up to play out the most extraordinary drama the hotel staff the permanent guests the horizontal collaborators the resistors the conquerors the liberators the beautiful and the dammed they are all here in these dazzling unforgettable pages the book opens with a cast of characters much like an old classic film from the thirties each is presented in a small capsule of words just enough is revealed to make the reader hungry for the story to begin and begin it does with a cinematic sweep that was the day the germans marched into paris i remember every detail the germans wore grey you wore blue with the arrival of the german army and under hitler s order that paris remain happy and gay or else the hotel stays open the fear was that if they did not keep it going during the occupation it might be lost forever to its owners the ritz family and in keeping it running over the course of the next five horrific years the hotel becomes a hub of french resistance glittering parties espionage and horrific moments when claire booth luce unbelieving that paris was about to fall to the nazis asked the hotel manager claude auzzelo how do you know the germans are coming she said because madame they have reservations the last night of freedom for the city is a stunning moment among many great moments in the book hemmingway arletty chanel picasso operation valkyrie the duke and duchess of windsor hermann göring and the desert rat field marshall erwin rommel leap to vivid life on the page in one incredible story layered one upon the other chanel at the ritz nazi spy or a heroine of the resistance i was amazed at the rich detail i found in this book tilar mazzio in her research and interviews has unearthed a treasure of information about the hotel and its famed guests and fascinating employees research is not enough to make a great book there has to be a great writer to tie the hundreds of story threads together and present them in a captivating way mazzio does this with great style drama and timing i just could not put the book down mazzio writes with such visual splendor and sweep that throughout my reading of it i kept thinking get this book to hbo this is a mini series crying out to be made the hotel on the place vendome captures a time in history when the fate of europe and the world itself hung in the balance between freedom and fascism the seeds of modern europe were planted in the hotel ritz and even though we know the outcome of world war ii in fact i was lost in the story and on the edge of my seat the entire time there comes the moment in the book when major general dietrich von choltitz is sent the message from hitler is paris burning i was chilled me to the bone at those words what saved paris the answer is to be found in the rue cambon bar at the hotel ritz and in this amazing and exciting book we ll always have paris the hotel has its own scent you can buy their perfume only in pairs author of the hotel on the place vendome and the secret of chanel no 5 tilar mazzio november 14 2013 categories chanel memory storytime tags paris the hotel on the place vendome the ritz hotel paris tilar j mazzio world war ii author laniersmith comments 14 comments iguana lanier in mexico just a quick note i am in san pancho mexico on vacation just one hour north of puerto vallarta it is fabulous and vey small like p v was forty years ago when i return i will be revitalized for more reviews hasta la vista amigos november 7 2013 categories uncategorized tags mexico san poncho 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