About Cora Pearl: Cora Pearl was a 19th-century courtesan of the French demimonde, who enjoyed her greatest celebrity during the period of the Second French Empire.
Let those who love me follow me'Cora Pearl, on being the very first person to dye her hair red in 1864
I have never deceived anyone, for I have never belonged to anyone. My independence was all my wealth: I have known no other happiness.