Bitter Scent: The Case of L'Oreal, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott

Artymedon Another case of business as usual, no matter what. Both reveal how the same actors snaked their way through respectability...

Artymedon Very interesting to see how Schueller, a perfumer, financed "La Cagoule" a secret society which aimed at toppling down parlementarian democracy. His company then provided a number of the most zealous collaborationists with a convenient reinstatement once Vichy was politically dead. Also interesting is to see how they were given token sentences and amnesties after committing crimes against mankind. A perfumer profession with the tacit complicity of an international company was in fact perfect for some of Vichy's henchmen to hide any nauseating odor. The transit through Spain and Latin America showed how they recycled themselves into new beginnings after the war.