Shore's Caprice by Guerlain c1873

Shore's-Caprice: Created by Aimé Guerlain in 1873, an extrait for the handkerchief. Inspired by the sea, created for Comtesse Emanuella Pignatelli Potocka and then was the perfume Julia Forsell, the perfume was also erroneously called "Shaw's Caprice" and "Show Caprice" in some publications.

Fragrance Composition:

I believe that this perfume would be similar of not the same as the perfume known as Ocean Spray or Sea Breeze. Many perfume companies such as Lubin, Woodworth, Ed Pinaud, Eastman, Wenck and Williamson & Griggs, had the Ocean Spray perfumes during the 1870s-1890s period. The general composition for the perfume is as follows:

• Top notes: bergamot, cassia
• Middle notes: jasmine, rose, lavender
• Base notes: sandalwood, ambergris, civet

Journal des demoiselles - Page 62, 1874:

"I will point out to you among the best perfumes the Shore's Caprice, composed of plants from the shores of the sea, the Bouquet of Lord Seymour, Parfum de France, and Fleurs Nouvelles, from the house Guerlain 15 rue de la Paix."

 A special mention of this perfume is in the 1886 edition of Pour Etre Aimee: Conseils d'une Coquette by Louise Gagneur :

"Another perfume, completely special and original strong, it is the Shore's Caprice that suits especially to neutralize the too pronounced odor of certain furs."

Bottles:

Presented in the Carre flacon (parfum).

Le Mémorial diplomatique, 1873:

"The new scent for the proposed handkerchief, the choice of many is called Shore's Caprice and Royal Hunt. Shore's Caprice is sold at the Guerlain perfumery, 15 rue de la Paix."

Ilustración Española y Americana, 1874:

"Concerned with women's beauty, the Guerlain house has special products for each season: snail cream for winter that destroys skin roughness, vinegars and toilet waters in summer that fortify and embalm the skin. Refined elegance cannot be achieved without certain whale-white soaps (fine and very soft paste, scented with white roses) or without Strawberry Cream, Swan Powder and various essences of the handkerchief adopted by Parisian high fashion, the Most sought after are: Perfume de France, Bouquet of the Neva, and Shore's Caprice. The Guerlain house, rue de la Paix, 15, in Paris also has precious toiletries such as odoriferous sachets, glass bottles, boxes for rice powders, ivory combs, etc. whose objects surpass in elegance and beauty all that may arise from other parties."

Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin: Les enfants du capitaine Grant, 1879:

"Perfumery Guerlain, 15, rue de la Paix - Sapoceti Soaps. Stilboid for hair. Cosmetics for ladies: Strawberry cream and swan powder for the complexion. Perfumes sought: Pao Rosa, Fleurs de Serre, Bouquet Imperial Russe, Shore's Caprice, and Eau de Cologne Imperiale."

Revuee Illustree, 1887:

 "The Shore's Caprice which is also the original fragrance to neutralize the strong odor of certain furs."

New York Times, 1901:

"GUERLAIN'S - Extracts by the Ounce: Geranium de Serre, Fragrance, Imperiale Russe, Par West, Heliotrope de Serre, Ikbal Bouquet, Rose Conquette, and Shore's Caprice. 80 cents an ounce. Extracts in bottles: Tsao-Ko, Jardin de mon Cure, Violette a Deux Sous, Gavotte, Cyprisine, Dix Petales de Roses. $2.26 a bottle. '