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People couldn’t of been this desperate, source Wikipedia, women in 16th-century Italy (especially Venice) applied eye drops from deadly nightshade to dilate their pupils for a sultry, alluring look Healthline explains the name “belladonna” (“beautiful woman”) stems from Renaissance Italian women using the plant to enlarge pupils, perceived as more attractive . Scientific American notes the practice was “exploited, particularly in Italy,” to achieve a doe eyed, arousal mimicking gaze SeductionFacts