Showing posts with label houbigant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label houbigant. Show all posts

Friday, January 15, 2016

Le Parfum Ideal by Houbigant c1896

Le Parfum Ideal was created by Houbigant by in house perfumer, Paul Parquet in 1896, but it was launched for the first time at the 1900 Worlds Fair, along with another perfume Coeur de Jeanette.



The quintessential label for Le Parfum Ideal features a Gibson Girl sniffing a flower, this label was made of gilded foil and heavily embossed.


Thursday, September 24, 2015

Zig Zag by Zsa Zsa Gabor c1969

Zig Zag by Zsa Zsa Gabor: launched in 1969.








The fragrance was available in the following products:
  • Parfum
  • Parfum Spray Mist
  • Parfum Bath Oil

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Monday, May 11, 2015

Chantilly by Houbigant c1940

Chantilly by Houbigant: launched in 1940. The fragrance was created by "nose" Marcel Billot and Paul Parquet and named after the famous Chantilly laces.


Monday, April 20, 2015

Indian Summer by Houbigant c1972

Indian Summer by Houbigant: launched in 1972. The fragrance was available in cologne and dusting powder.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Esprit de Noel by Houbigant c1968

Esprit de Noel by Houbigant: launched in 1968. “Esprit de Noel” means “spirit of Christmas.” It was available as eau de cologne and as a room essence. You would add a few drops to a light bulb to fragrance your room with a holiday air.


So what does it smell like? Sweet, incensy with a hint of muted florals.
  • Top notes: bergamot, orange, cloves, spices
  • Heart notes: frankincense, myrrh, pine
  • Base notes: resins, balsams, tonka, cedar, amber, musk

Discontinued, date unknown.

photo by ruby lane seller  River Queen



Monday, February 10, 2014

Barbara Pepper and Perfumes c1930s

Vintage movie still photographs by John Miehle of the 1937 film Coast Patrol (later retitled as Sea Devils) starring Barbara Pepper.








Barbara Pepper (1915 - 1969) - Photo via Rantings of a Modern Day Glamour Girl.

In this vintage 1930s photo I can identify several perfume bottles of Guerlain's Vol de Nuit/Sous Le Vent, Chanel, Caron's Bellodgia, Caron's Pois de Senteur de Chez Moi, a Lalique perfume bottle, Ciro's Reflexions, Patou's Joy, Houbigant's Essence Rare, Elizabeth Arden''s Blue Grass, as well as a few Czech bottles and unknown bottles. She is holding the largest size of the Ybry perfumes.


Here is another angle of the same vanity table. I can also see a bottle of : Caron's Narcisse Noir. She has placed that large Ybry bottle at the back of her vanity.




Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Monday, November 18, 2013

Vintage Musk Oils

Vintage Musk Oils can be one of the most sought after fragrances on the market today. Many people who originally wore the fragrances in the 1970s remain loyal to the sensual fragrance and eagerly search for it. This demand makes prices shoot up ridiculously. 

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Cheramy Perfumes

Cheramy was located at 19 rue Cambon in Paris. The company was established by Raymond Couin in 1921. The business was sold to Houbigant in 1922 and became division producing lower-priced products, primarily for US market. Received prize at the Paris Exhibition in 1925.
     

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Essence Rare by Houbigant c1928

Essence Rare was created in 1928. Story goes that Houbigant wanted a big time aldehyde perfume to compete with Chanel’s no. 5. So Roure-Bertrand chemist Paul Schving created Essence Rare.








Friday, May 17, 2013

Transparence by Houbigant c1939

Transparence by Houbigant launched in 1939, although its trademark record shows it was first used in 1931.




Sunday, April 21, 2013

Houbigant's Floral Concentree c1930s

In the early 1930's, Houbigant introduced a new product, Parfum Concentre, a parfum extrait in several different true to life scents, including Rose, Heliotrope, Muguet, Jasmin, Chypre, Oeillet, Violette and Lilas.





Hearsts Internation, 1937:
"Eau Florale Concentree, the new version of perfume, is the first thing you put on after your bath — an exquisite underthing that clothes you in ... Priced for liberal daily use, yet available in the most prized Houbigant odeurs: CONCENTREE."

The New Yorker, 1938:
"EAU FLORALE CONCENTREE is a lovely new fashion in perfuming that you can easily afford. For Houbigant now presents its finest odeurs in this new version of perfume . . . for lavish, all-over-body use ... at ONE DOLLAR."

Hearsts International, 1938:
"Eau Florale -Concentree to be Applied Directly to the skin! You pat it on. Effective your bath, before you dress, and clothe yourself in subtle fragrance. It is light enough for lavish use from tip to toe, lingering enough to last from dawn to dark!"

Drug and Cosmetic Industry, 1940:
"Houbigant adds to the increasing interest in romantic florals this year with a true-to-the-flower reproduction of Wistaria in Eau Florale Concentree. This is a light, exquisite fragrance."



Rose concentree

Lilas concentree

Muguet concentree

Chypre concentree

Oeillet concentree




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