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There's a Written Recipe for Henry VIII's Perfume

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors by Heather Teysko

Aug 31, 202647:01Society & Culture

There is a written recipe for Henry VIII's perfume. It's in a 1608 book called A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen, and it's rosewater, sugar, musk, ambergris, and civet, boiled down softly for an entire day. I had no id...