![]() ![]() ![]() Josephine, as Napoleon preferred to call her, was born far from France on the Caribbean island of Martinique on June 23, 1763. Her fondness for mirrors, evident at the rue Chantereine and in later palaces, multiplied the images of their love, and created the illusion of an orgy." She paid meticulous attention to the design of her bedrooms. ![]() She also understood the importance of the. "She changed her appearance incessantly," writes Stuart, "giving her lovers the illusion of infinite variety. ![]() Thanks to Josephine's meticulous preservation of Napoleon's many amorous letters, the empress's sex life has become legendary. Napoleon, in one of his more infamous letters to Josephine, begged her not to bathe, for he wanted to enjoy her body odor to the fullest. In The Rose of Martinique, Andrea Stuart does not confirm the veracity of the advertisement but provides other details. After some grunting and moaning, the general murmured, "Ahh, Josephine!" He cut a ripened piece of one of the general's favorite cheeses and held it close to his nose. A few years ago I saw an advertisement for Camembert cheese that purported to relate an incident in the life of the famous general: An aide-de-camp, afraid of drawing Napoleon's ire for awakening him after a fatiguing battle, devised a plan. $27.50Napoleon Bonaparte possessed an acute sense of smell. ![]()
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