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The main objective of this website is to chronicle the 200+ year old history of the Guerlain fragrances and showcase the bottles and advertising used throughout the years. Let this site be your source for information on antique and vintage Guerlain perfumes. Another goal of this website is to show the present owners of the Guerlain company how much we miss many of the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back these fragrances!
I invite you to leave a comment below (for example: of why you liked the fragrance, describe the scent, time period or age you wore it, who gave it to you or on what occasion, what it smelled like to you, how it made you feel, any specific memories, what it reminded you of, maybe a relative wore it, or you remembered seeing the bottle on their vanity table), who knows, perhaps someone from the current Guerlain brand might see it.
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Sapoceti c1828
Created in 1828, Sapoceti, was a rich soap made of whale blubber. It was meant to cleanse not only the body, but to whiten the skin as well. Guerlain registered this as a trademark in 1926, again in 1967 and the trademark finally expired in 1987.
Sapoceti was available in over 45 different scents, including:
- Acacia
- A La Thridace (lettuce soap)
- Amandes
- Ambroisie
- Apres L'Ondee
- A Suc de Laitue
- Benjoin
- Bouquet
- Bouquet des Hesperides
- Chamade
- Chant D'Arômes
- Chypre
- Cryasol
- Ess Bouquet
- Fiori d'Italia
- Fleurs des Alpes
- Fleurs D'Italie
- Fleurs d'Oranger
- Fleurs Nouvelles
- Fleurs Sauvages
- Hay Cup
- Frangipane
- Gardenia
- Geranium
- Héliotrope
- Hesperides
- Impériale Russe
- Iris
- Jasmin
- Jeune Âge
- Jicky
- Jockey Club
- Laitue Vireuse
- Lavande
- L'Heure Bleue
- Liu
- Magnolia
- Makis
- Maréchale
- Maréchale Duchesse
- Marquise
- Mille Fleurs
- Mitsouko
- Mouchoir de Monsieur
- Mousseline
- Muguet
- Musc
- New Mown Hay
- Oeillet Rose
- Orange Flower
- Pao Rosa
- Parure
- Patchouly
- Pre Fleuri
- Reseda
- Rose
- Rose-Blanche
- Rose Coquette
- Rue de la Paix
- Santal
- Shalimar
- Skimous Blondes
- Skimous Brunes
- Vanille
- Verveine
- Vétiver
- Violette
- Violette Fleurs
- Vol de Nuit
- Weekend
- West End
- Ylang ylang
- Zaibad
Sapoceti drawers at the Guerlain boutique in Paris. photo by perfumeshrine
Closeup of the drawers showing Sapoceti Their beautiful engraved fronts,
photo by whatmenshouldsmelllike blog
Society recollections in Paris and Vienna, 1879-1904 - Page 71, 1907
"The Princess Elvira Wrbna (a Bavarian Royal Princess living in Vienna) always sends for Guerlain's soaps, and many other ladies in Vienna will use no other soap but Guerlain's."
This is wonderful information.... Thank you!
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