Bouquet de Caroline by Guerlain. The perfume was named after Caroline of Brunswick. Caroline of Brunswick (born Caroline Amelia Elizabeth; 17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821) was Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover as the wife of King George IV from 29 January 1820 until her death in 1821. She was Princess of Wales from 1795 to 1820. She was wildly popular with the British people.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Industria Argentina
Prior to 1930, an Argentinian bottle with the extremely rarely seen label "GUERLAIN PARIS Bs. AIRES", and the words "Extracto" (perfume extract) and "Industria Argentina" in addition to "L'HEURE BLEUE".
One often forgets that Argentina, before WWII, had an extremely wealthy upper class and was, until the 1920's, the main non-European luxury export market. It was passed by the United States only around 1920. The bottle has 2 additional labels in the back: "contenido 20 cc neto" (net content 2/3 fl.oz) and "Guerlain Perfumista S.A, graduacion alcoolica 37 gr" (Guerlain Perfumers, 37-proof alcool).
Under the bottom of the bottle, "GUERLAIN INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA " is molded into the glass.
Contrary to the boxes sold in Europe and in the USA at the time, the word GUERLAIN was not printed on the outside cardboard. The back of the box had a small label with the name and address of the retailer most likely from the downtown part of Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Frangipanni by Guerlain c1879
Frangipanni by Guerlain: launched in 1879. Created by Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Sunday, October 15, 2023
Fleurs d'Italie c1853
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Senteurs des Champs by Guerlain c1828
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Monday, January 23, 2023
West End by Guerlain c1839
West End by Guerlain: launched in 1839. The name comes from the "West End" of London. The perfume was also sold by other perfume companies.
Monday, January 16, 2023
Bouquet Princess Alexandra by Guerlain c1878
Bouquet Princess Alexandra by Guerlain: launched in 1878. Created by Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain.
Saturday, January 7, 2023
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Bouquet Suave by Guerlain c1834
Bouquet Suave by Guerlain: launched in 1834. Created by Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Bouquet de Cintra by Guerlain c1873
Bouquet de Cintra by Guerlain: launched in 1873.
Cintra refers to the city of Cintra in Portugal. It was here in the middle of the 19th century, that citrus groves dotted the Serra de Cintra, providing the countryside with fresh lemons, citrons and oranges. Masses of sweet scented wild flowers such as wild arbutus, chrysanthemum, Ionopsidium, linaria, trachelium, leucojum, narcissus, dwarf irises, white and yellow broom, honeysuckle, crocus, cistus and woodbine grew in profusion. Trees such as laurel, acacia, palm, aloe, cork oak, pine, fern, eucalyptus, poplar, pepper and myrtle were quite abundant along the mossy covered Serra. I imagine the Cintra perfume would have contained these elements.
Virgil spoke of Cintra -
"Mossy springs and softer grass at the top
And the shade of a rare green tree covers you."
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Perfumy Barbara
Monday, September 19, 2022
Marquise D'Auberive by Guerlain c1893
Marquise D'Auberive by Guerlain c1893. It was named after the character Marquise d'Auberive in Émile Augier's comedy "Les Effrontes" in which was played on stage by Madame Jane Hading in 1893 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The character was also played by Cécile Sorel.
Guerlain created custom fragrance for various nobles, celebrities and royals over the years. The perfume may have been presented to the actress who played the part of the Marquise.
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Jadis by Guerlain c1883
Monday, May 30, 2022
Extrait de Caryophilus album by Guerlain c1848
Extrait de Caryophilus album by Guerlain: launched in 1848. This is the fragrant white carnation (dianthus) blossom.
Friday, April 29, 2022
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Double Extrait d'Hymenaea Nitida by Guerlain c1848
Double Extrait d'Hymenaea Nitida by Guerlain: launched in 1848. I was unable to identify this particular scientific name, it appears it might be the hymenaea tree of Brazil, the source for copal resin.
Friday, July 30, 2021
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Monday, December 28, 2020
Patchouli Ardent by Guerlain 2020
Patchouli Ardent by Guerlain: launched in 2020. Created in by Thierry Wasser as part of the Les Absolus d'Orient line.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Aux Bon Vieux Temps c1890
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017
Strange Shalimar Perfume Bottle c1970s
The Shalimar label on the bottle is askew and just looks weird. The bottle sits inside of a cardboard insert. There is a weird little sign underneath the bottle of which I have never seen before. There is a price of $35.00 printed on the box where the Ref # (Catalog #) should be.
The price would be about right for the time period for a 1 oz bottle as it was retailing for $30 in 1973 and the price went up to $40 and ounce in 1976.
Why would extrait be housed in this ugly bottle. It appears that it could be used for travel.
Friday, January 27, 2017
Stilboide Fluide
Stilboide Fluid is similar to brilliantine and was mainly an alcohol mixture scented with perfume oils. You might come across these today and notice that the contents have separated leaving the alcohol mixture at the bottom of the bottle while the scented oils rose to the top of the bottle.
I found an ad for the Stilboide Fluide as early as 1875.
- Bouquet
- Chypre
- Coq Gaulois
- Derniere Cri
- Des Pages
- Fragrans
- Heliotrope
- Jicky
- Makis
- New Mown Hay
- Pepita
- Rex
- Simplex
- Sornette
- Violette
- Ylang Ylang
Stilboide Fluide was available in the following scents:
- Champs Elysees
- Cuir de Russie
- Guerlilas
- Hegemonienne
- Jicky
- L'Heure Bleue
- Liu
- Mitsouko
- Shalimar
- Sous Le Vent
- Vague Souvenir
- Vol de Nuit
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Colored Crystal Quadrilobe Bottles
Looking to buy someone a personal gift? These bottles can also represent the various birthstones and would make an appropriate present for someone's birthday or anniversary.
Spiritueuse Double Vanille is housed in a fiery shade evocative of a Padparadscha sapphire.
The Padparadscha and blue sapphires correspond to the month of September and the Taurus zodiac sign.
Incidentally, the sapphire is given as a 65th wedding anniversary.
Santal Royal is housed in a verdant emerald green bottle.
Emerald is the birthstone for May, the stone for the star sign Cancer and is the traditional gift for a 20th wedding anniversary.
L'Heure de Nuit is dressed in the finest shade akin to a blue Kashmir sapphire.
The sapphire corresponds to the birth month of September and the stone for Taurus.
The sapphire is also a traditional gift for a 45th wedding anniversary.
Oriental Brulant is presented in a crystal flacon of the precious pigeon blood red Burmese ruby.
The ruby is representative of the month of July and is the stone for Capricorn.
The ruby is also given as a present for a 40th wedding anniversary.
L’Eau de Parfum du 68 is contained in a bicolor crystal shade recalling the purple and deep yellow of the ametrine (amethyst & citrine).
Though ametrine itself is not a birthstone it can be considered the birthstone of February, the birthstone of November or the Pisces birthstone because it is part amethyst, part citrine.
It could also be given for the 6th (amethyst) and 13th (citrine) wedding anniversaries.
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