Profumo

Profumo is Italian for scent, which gives the fallen political star a whiff of Ben Jonson: he caught the heady intoxication of cheap perfume one summer’s night, and, though he swapped his evening dress for a hair shirt, he understood the smell could never be washed out.

Making the Best of a Sticky Wicket 2006

Profumo is Italian for scent, which gives the fallen political star a whiff of Ben Jonson: he caught the heady intoxication of cheap perfume one summer’s night, and, though he swapped his evening dress for a hair shirt, he understood the smell could never be washed out.

Making the Best of a Sticky Wicket 2006

In America we are familiar with the name Profumo, and that he may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, ah, very frequently.

[hmmm] anyone old enough to remember? 2009

Of course, Profumo is regularly trotted out over here every time some politician is caught out "playing away from home" and lying about it.

I was in college ... Frank Wilson 2006

When the police seized him - administering a sound beating - at his home, to which he had raced to dispose of a further clip of bullets, the arrest unleashed a court case leading to a seven-year prison sentence for Johnny Edge, but also to the unravelling of what became known as The Profumo Affair: John Profumo, Secretary of State for

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

His name cropped up in 1963 in connection with the so-called Profumo debacle, in which an international vice ring nearly brought down the British government.

Bobby and Jackie C. David Heymann 2009

His name cropped up in 1963 in connection with the so-called Profumo debacle, in which an international vice ring nearly brought down the British government.

Bobby and Jackie C. David Heymann 2009

His name cropped up in 1963 in connection with the so-called Profumo debacle, in which an international vice ring nearly brought down the British government.

Bobby and Jackie C. David Heymann 2009

That said, I wouldn't call Profumo easy to find, its often times one of the only AdPs missing from displays.

Perfume Review: Acqua di Parma Profumo Marina Geigert 2008

The Vassall spy scandal made him look out of touch; the Profumo affair squared the circle of foolish trust and bungling incompetence.

Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan by DR Thorpe – review Peter Preston 2010