"smell like a tart's handbag" meaning in English

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      "form": "smelled like a tart's handbag",
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    {
      "form": "smell like a tart's boudoir",
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    },
    {
      "form": "smell like a tart's bedroom",
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    {
      "form": "smell like a tart's handkerchief",
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        "To smell strongly of perfume."
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        "(UK, idiomatic, slang, derogatory, simile) To smell strongly of perfume."
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        "To smell strongly of perfume."
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        "(UK, idiomatic, slang, derogatory, simile) To smell strongly of perfume."
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