Note 425 — ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL.[376]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
These lines are in vol. iii. 251. I quote Mr. Payne who notes “The bodies of Eastern women of the higher classes by dint of continual maceration, Esther-fashion, in aromatic oils and essences, would naturally become impregnated with the sweet scents of the cosmetics used.”