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Subject: Secrets of Aromatic Jewelry features a vast range of designs, from the breathtaking creations of master craftsmen and world famous jewelry houses such as Tiffany, Boucheron, Faberge, and Lalique, to vintage dime-store treasures, to contemporary art jewelry, crystals, and plastics containing microencapsulated scents. Since antiquity, artisans have created vessels for carrying and wearing precious and delicate aromatics. In North Africa, tribal women for centuries have slung highly ornate silver and resinous beaded necklaces bandolero-style across their chest. The aroma of the beads lasted a lifetime. In the Far East, aromatics were carried in inros and during excursions on the malodorous, befouled streets. Tightly corseted ladies, in particular, depended on their availability to help them avoid fainting.