Le parfumeur Martial : réalité historique du parcours d’un marchand mercier sous Louis XIV

The work of historians on perfumery in the Ancien Régime has brought a number of figures to light. This article looks at one of them, Martial, described as perfumer to Louis XIV. Historiography records him as the Sun King’s personal perfumer. Contemporary literary sources, however, paint a different...

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Main Author: Alice Camus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles 2020-10-01
Series:Bulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/crcv/18216