![]() On how perfumes changed after World War II, when leather and tobacco scents targeted women working in factories Through the '30s and '40s, as the role of women became more complex, so did their perfumes. ![]() With that, the modern perfume business took flight. 5, Coco Chanel said, 'A woman needs to smell like a woman, and not a rose.'" ![]() Herman tells NPR's Audie Cornish, "With Chanel No. Then, a now-iconic perfume came along - one that combined musk with a traditional floral scent. It explains how, at the turn of the 20th century, most perfumes were still just one note, floral. ![]() Scent And Subversion: Decoding A Century Of Provocative Perfume. Her quest has been to find the bold, sexy and downright odd smells that have defined women over the decades. Barbara Herman has spent the better part of the past six years taking a deep nosedive into the world of vintage fragrances. ![]()
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