Roots of Women's Toilet Water
Cleopatra seduced Mark Antony on the banks of the Berdan River using perfumes and toilet waters. Wilhelmina of the Netherlands used an entire champagne bottle of toilet water in her 7 minute baths. Elizabeth of Russia was partial to having her toilet water made of violets picked near the onset of darkness specifically near the town of Grasse.
In the fourteenth century Hungarian toilet water, predecessor of eau de cologne, was produced. Queen Elisabeth of Hungary (1305–1380) had created a fragrant oil mix with alcohol that evaporated slowly on her skin. Hungary Water was the first toilet water developed. Legend has it that when 70 year old Queen Elisabeth of Hungary received this new 'toilet water' her poor health was reversed. She was then a very healthy queen that the king of Poland proposed to. This toilet water was called "eau de la reine de hongrie" because it was based on rosemary.
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