from Ladies Household Companion l665
A Complete guide to a Gentlewoman's Home
Venetian Ceruse

For a suitably pale complexion: Take a stone mortar and
grind white chalk or white lead into a powder. Mix white of
egg and one cup of vinegar into a paste.
Scrape face clean or not and apply generously.
Reminder: Do not smile or laugh to protect the creasless
finish.

The same source tells how to make scented lemon bags.

Mix dried lemon peel, angelica root and finely beaten
nutmeg into a smooth dry powder. Fill a soft linen bag
with this mixture, adding a sprig of rosemary if desired.
Wear the lemon bag around the body to detract from unpleasant odors.

Plague Water
Fill a large pot with white wine, put into the pot a pound
of rue, rosemary, sorrel,sage, celindine,mugwort, red brambles, pimpernel, Wild snapdragons,agrimony, balm and
angelica. Let it stand for four days.

The seventeenth century was a bummer! This all came from
the book about Nell Gwyn named Exit the Actress by Priya
Parmar. I just had to share it with you.