![]() ![]() ![]() Being from Corsica, he was fond of citrus fruits which are rich in essential oils but it is the abnormally high daily intake from Eau de Cologne that led to toxic effects. He regularly drank orange blossom water which also contains essential oil. His exposure to high levels of essential oils was not limited to Eau de Cologne. Professor Haris, an expert in Biomedical Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, will submit a research paper this week which says the essential oils in Napoleon’s favourite Eau De Cologne can explain many of the changes in Napoleon’s health, including his development of gastric cancer found during an autopsy by the Emperor’s British captors at the time. After 200 years of conspiracy theories, a professor from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) believes he can finally put to rest the question of who, or what, killed Napoleon Bonaparte - and it’s all down to the French emperor’s overindulgence in Eau De Cologne.Īs today marks the 200 th anniversary of the emperor’s death in exile, on the South Atlantic island of St Helena in 1821, Professor Parvez Haris says Napoleon inadvertently poisoned himself by smothering himself daily in two to three bottles of perfume over many years.ĭid Eau de Cologne poison Napoleon Bonaparte? ![]()
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