Enrico carissimo grazie,dolcezza al tuo pomeriggio📷gori-Betsabea al bagno JACOPO ZUCCHI 1573/74 Betsabea si profuma dopo il bagno.Un'ancella sorregge un vassoio con preziosi vasetti ricolmi di ancor più rari unguenti.....#art

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Day 12 is HELP.

I've got a 1d12 chart of helpful potions, unguents, and drugs which would make an apothecary clear space on her shelf. Since it's Sunday, Twitter is slow, and so I don't feel too terrible for the spam that follows.

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Alien challenge
in blood and sweat and unguents
We fight to the death!

(08-01)
(07-31)





📷 iStock (modified)

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~Le tre Marie al sepolcro
(Sono le Mirofore, portatrici di mirra e unguenti)
~Hubert van Eyck
1430-35

~Museo Boymans, Rotterdam

Buona Pasquetta a tutti
grazie, Luigi 🌿☀️

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Ancient Egyptians considered the fragrances to be the sweat of the sun god Ra. They used fragrance in rituals, ceremonies and funerary contexts, and wore scents in unguent cones, or wax hats that dripped oil into the hair. Ancient Egyptian perfumes were thick, like olive oil.

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A Barber cartoon from Punch Magazine, 1920s. Fear not Sir. I know a man who can fix that, with his salves, unguents, ointments, waxes and oils... ;}>

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