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BEAUTY M E R U F IE AR P Oriza de L. Legrand FAR BEFORE GUERLAIN OR PENHALIGON’S, THERE WAS MAISON ORIZA. IT WAS 1720, DURING THE REIGN OF LOUIS XV; THE KING’S COURT WAS INFAMOUSLY KNOWN AS “THE PERFUMED COURT” IN EUROPE. FRANCE WAS COMPLETELY SOAKED WITH FRAGRANCES AND BECAME THE EUROPEAN CENTER FOR PERFUME. PENHALIGON’S VEYA GUERLAIN GİBİ İSİMLERDEN ÇOK ÖNCE MAISON ORIZA, ÜNLÜ PARFÜMCÜLERİN EN BAŞINDA YER ALIYORDU. YILLARDAN 1720; 15. LOUIS’İN KRAL OLDUĞU BU DÖNEMDE KRALIN SARAYI, AVRUPA’DA “MİS KOKULU SARAY” OLARAK NAM SALMIŞTI. FRANSA, BAŞTAN AYAĞA GÜZEL KOKULARA BULANMIŞ VE AVRUPA’NIN PARFÜM MERKEZİ HALİNE GELMİŞTİ. 170