Tanya Moulding 15 May 2012 17th century, Blog, Elizabethan era, Fragrance themes, Renaissance Beauty Courtly Beauty Secrets from the 17th Century Tanya Moulding 15 May 2012 17th century, Blog, Elizabethan era, Fragrance themes, Renaissance Beauty Well this is not exactly a typical anti-ageing recipe, but in the 17th century, similarly strange, repellent and sometimes toxic substances were used in the name of beautification, as we soon found out...