a great traveler in perfumes

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Chicken Sandwich

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Her husband, a great traveler in perfumes, spent most of his time in America, where eventually he founded a firm and acquired a bit of real estate.
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From Nabokov's Lolita.

What is meant by a "traveler in perfumes"? Does it simply mean that he wore perfumes?

Thank you in advance.
 
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He was a travelling salesman for a perfume company.
 
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