Zoe made a very accurate image of her Jesus (called the Antiphonetes) and embellished it with a bright substance. She created a likeness that all but breathed. Its tones gave an answer to questions and its colour indicated the future. Pellos saw her hugging it and reacting to it with great emotion. She was also involved in perfume-making, with her bedroom resembling a perfumier's market booth. She lit many braziers around her room and one of her attendants divided up the bulk perfumes, others blended them. In winter the work of perfume-making seemed to her advantage, since the great fires heated the cold air. But in summer others found it trying to come near, while she, as if oblivious to the heat, had a bodyguard of many fires