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Vincent Cochet, « Odeurs intérieures, atmosphères parfumées aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles », Histoire de l'art, ID : 10.3406/hista.2001.2924
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Introduced in France by the Valois family, perfumes reveal a variety of practices and of feelings very different in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. To body perfumes, accused of concealing bad smells, are adjoined different fragances cast in the atmosphere thanks to different procedures which led to the creation of new artefactss and valuable pieces of furniture sold by the «marchands-merciers » : perfumed fountains, » cassolettes », incense-burners, «pots-pourris » and even perfumed wainscots. Perfume became a part of the art of living in the eighteenth century.