After an entire set of luxurious aristocratic formalwear had been fumigated with incense for four hours, a faint, unobtrusive fragrance could be smelled as soon as it was put on.
The maids had begun preparing the fragrances early that morning. They did not last very long, dispersing around the afternoon. That was also why many nobles changed outfits several times a day.
Aside from displaying their wealth, the more important reason was that they needed to keep the fragrance on their bodies strong enough to mask the overpowering body odor of carnivores.
Otherwise... for anyone standing close to them, it would be an absolute disaster! This fragrance was not pungent like the perfume made from synthetic compounds, whose stinging scent would drill into your nose before you even got close.
The scent produced by this incense needed to be experienced with a calm mind before one could detect it. Then, little by little, it became increasingly distinct.
It was never harsh. Take just a few steps away from the source, and you could no longer smell it at all.
With the maid's help, Lin Qi put on the complete outfit, including the Flower Collar. It took more than forty minutes in all! The Privy Council was unusually lively today. More carriages were parked there than ever before. The Small Earl was smoking beside his carriage. When he saw Lin Qi's carriage approach, he tossed his cigarette onto the ground and strode toward it.
He had not parked his carriage in the Privy Council's parking lot. Although he did have a parking space there, he felt that if he left his carriage inside, it might already have been smashed by the time he came out.
"Am I late?" Lin Qi asked. Dressed in full formalwear, he looked even more aristocratic than