Arsenic Soap

In our third episode of this season we look back at a time when ladies with cinched waists wore glorious gowns and flirted behind velvet fans; a time when women sat in dim lit parlours with heaving bosoms and flushed cheeks; a time when women wove their hair into halos of elaborate  braids and plaits; a time when taking baths in arsenic was all the rage, and dropping nightshade into your eyeballs was the only way to go!