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Beauty Queen: What perfume did Cleopatra dab behind her ears to impress Mark Antony and Caesar?

Beauty Queen: What perfume did Cleopatra dab behind her ears to impress Mark Antony and Caesar? The combined efforts of Liz Taylor and the British Museum have done a good job of familiarising us with Cleopatra's make-up techniques, namely kohl and more kohl; and we've all heard that she softened her skin by bathing in asses' milk. One element of her ancient beauty routine is missing, however. What perfume did she dab behind her ears to impress Mark Antony and Caesar?

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Source: The Independent