The artifice of beauty : a history and practical guide to perfumes and cosmetics / Sally Pointer.

"This unique book traces the way in which we have adorned, perfumed and presented ourselves from the earliest prehistoric evidence through to the dawn of the multi-million-dollar cosmetics industry of the twentieth century. We discover what the perfumes found in Tutankhamun's tomb would ha...

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Main Author: Pointer, Sally (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stroud : Sutton, 2005.
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