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Queen Kawit's powder room/dressing-table.
Sarcophagus bas-relief. Cairo Museum. (Giraudon)

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Ste. Madeleine. Third panel of Braque family Triptych, Rogier Van der Weyden (1399/1400-1464). Louvre Museum (RMN)

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Francois the first (detail), Clouet Jean aka Janet (1485/90-1540/41).
Louvre Museum (RMN)

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The perfumer (detail). International Museum of Perfumery, Grasse.

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The perfumer (detail), Museum of Perfumery, Fragonard.

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Sense of smell (detail). Museum of Perfumery, Fragonard.

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The Turkish Bath (detail). Ingres Jean-Auguste-Dominique (1780-1867).
Louvre Museum (RMN)

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Sarah Bernhardt (detail). Poster by Mucha.
(Sipa Press)

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Couple embracing (detail). Alchemy collection (Pix)

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Louise Brooks. Sipa Press.

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Marilyn Monroe. Sipa Press.

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Brigitte Bardot. Keystone.

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Yves Saint Laurent posing nude to promote YSL perfume, 1975 (Sipa Press)

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Leather-clad punk woman with green hair. Zack Gold (Corbis)

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Women dressed in a newspaper dress. Deborah Samuel (Corbis)