A cassolette (from the diminutive form of the French word cassole, a small container) is a small porcelain, glass, or metal container used for the cooking and serving of individual dishes.
The word also refers to dishes served in such a container: It may also refer to a box or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes and enhance the natural scent of a woman.
[1][2] Linked with this meaning, Ian Kerner in She Comes First - the thinking man's guide to pleasuring a woman states that cassolette refers colloquially to that natural woman's scent itself, including the strong scent of the vulva, and notes that Napoleon was a particular aficionado of that of Josephine.
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