LOL, you made the same connection I did, except that I was going to speculate, tongue-in-cheek, that he's given up on getting laid by anyone but his wife and is now going to desperate lengths to get back in SD's bed by at least smelling like a proper baroque royal/nobleman!
Note also that Fritz is at war in 1745 (the year of Soor, battle famous for dognapped greyhounds and oversized shirts). If we ever turn up a month, that will be interesting. Winter quarters? The height of the campaigning season? The December peace?
Technically, FW (like Fritz) is also campaigning in 1734, but only for a few weeks, plus travel, so the existence of chronological overlap is less obvious.
ETA: As repetition for those who need it, summer 1734 was the siege of Philipsburg, the one where Fritz met Eugene of Savoy and Voltaire was present as an observer on the other side. It was part of the War of the Polish Succession, where August the Strong's son and Stanislaw Leszczyński are duking it out for who gets to be King of Poland.
Re: Perfume? Perfume.
Note also that Fritz is at war in 1745 (the year of Soor, battle famous for dognapped greyhounds and oversized shirts). If we ever turn up a month, that will be interesting. Winter quarters? The height of the campaigning season? The December peace?
Technically, FW (like Fritz) is also campaigning in 1734, but only for a few weeks, plus travel, so the existence of chronological overlap is less obvious.
ETA: As repetition for those who need it, summer 1734 was the siege of Philipsburg, the one where Fritz met Eugene of Savoy and Voltaire was present as an observer on the other side. It was part of the War of the Polish Succession, where August the Strong's son and Stanislaw Leszczyński are duking it out for who gets to be King of Poland.