beauty, jewellery and perfume
becomes haughty
and makes a stench that cannot be masked by herbs.
(discussion on the types of ornaments and perfume that women can and can't wear in public as they are considered carrying, leads to a description of the decedent behaviour of the northern kingdom and the first temple period that led to exile and was punished by marking and disfiguring the body. for english translation of this talmud page, see here)
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