Perfume Collection

Yardley advertisement, 1962
Advertisement for the Lavender range of fragrances and bathroom products by Yardley, featuring an illustration of a pensive woman with large doe eyes. Date: 1962

Perfume advertisement for Guerlain Mitsouko
Striking advertisement for the classic Guerlain fragrance, Mitsouko, asking, " Are you her type?"

Advert / Schiaparelli 1938
Schiaparelli " Shocking" - perfume, powder and lipstick

Hamemalis Mollis (Witch Hazel)
Hamemalis (or Hamamelis) Mollis (Witch Hazel), a large shrub or small tree of the Hamamelidaceae family, native to areas of China

Advert for Vega perfume by Guerlain 1937
An advertisement for the Guerlain perfume Vega. A woman resembling the statue of liberty with red lips stares out from the page. Date: 1937

Perfume bottles, from thes Maw & Sons catalogue Date: 1903

Advert for Jean Patou perfume, 1926, Paris
Art deco advert for Jean Patou perfume, 1926, Paris Date: 1920s

David Wright woman in short black underslip
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair

Putting on lipstick - David Wright
A smart blonde girls sitting in her boudoir applies some vivid red lipstick. Her red and black evening gown, awaits... Painting by David Wright

Advertisement for Rigaud perfumes, featuring a semi-naked woman inhaling the aroma from a bottle of scent. 1924

Advert for Soiree perfume as used by Lilan Davies, the opera singer, 1926 Date: 1926

Maison Guerlain, Paris
Exterior of the Maison Guerlain perfume house in Paris, France

Advert / 4711 Cologne Ils
4711 Eau de Cologne - perfect elegance

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Women taking roses to make rose water wi
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Women taking roses to make rose water with its petals. Folio 93r

The Artist at Work by Fred Pegram
Colour illustration by Fred Pegram of a red-haired woman at her dressing-table, applying a mist of perfume from a bottle

Elizabeth Arden Soaps advertisement, 1940
Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden Soaps. A little luxury a woman earned after a hard day during the Second World War

Morny Freres June Roses Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Morny Freres Limited, London based chemist-perfumers. The image promotes a range of toilet products fragrant with parfum, June Roses

Advert for Morny Perfumes, emphasisng their British provenance. Date: 1932

Advertisement for Nuit de Noel perfume by Caron, Paris. 1929

Advertisement, Morny Paris perfume, Essence Mysterieuse. 1918

Picking orange flowers for making perfume
People picking orange flowers for the manufacture of perfume on the Cote d Azur, France. Date: circa 1905

Advert for Yardley Lavender 1932
Yardley Lavender, The lovable gift most welcome and acceptable of all delightful things at Christmas time. Date: 1932

Tosca advertisement
The illustration features a light and airy ballroom filled with balloons and dancers in costume, including, centrally, a Pierrot

Mirrored Dressing Table
A graceful & elegant woman sits on an upholstered leather chair at a stylish art deco mirrored dressing table with a bottle of scent, candlesticks & looking glass

Trade catalogue of womens perfume sprays 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a page crystal cut glass and diamond cut perfume sprays bottles. Date: 1911

Aveu fragrance advert
Advertisement for Aveu perfume by Roger and Gallet depicting a couple in glamorous evening dress dancing intimately together. Date: 1948

Glass Perfume Bottle
A swinging scent spray: A scent spray which swings on a pivot is a useful and decorative novelty and an ideal last minute Christmas present. Date: 1936

Advert for Yardleys Lavender
Yardleys Lavender - The best loved perfume for many generations, modern youth delights in the beauty and freshness of its delightful fragrance. A 1920s woman holding up the perfume bottle. 1929

Perfuming probable prizewinners: dog show perfume, 1911
A patient Pomeranian stands on a folding chair while being squirted with perfume at the Ealing and District Canine Society dog show. Date: 1911

1950S Woman & Make-Up
A brunette woman in a pink and black spotted dress sits at her dressing table going through her beauty routine. Products include nail varnish, lipstick and perfume

Fleurs Eau De Cologne
A striking art deco label for Eau de Cologne aux Fleurs

Front cover to The Art of Perfumes, Rigaud, 1915
Front cover with title label pasted onto a decorative floral pattern paper cover

Promotional art for Un Air Embaume, Perfume of Rigaud, 1913. A floral-spicy perfume by Henri Rigaud launched in 1912 and later discontinued

Promotional art for Des Roses, Perfume of Rigaud. A young girl buries her face in rose petals in a rose field. The line was launched in 1908 and discontinued

Promotional art for Mary Garden, Perfume of Rigaud, 1913. It was launched in 1910 and later discontinued. Named for the popular Scottish-American operatic lyric singer, 1874-1967

Promotional art for Oeillet d'Andalousie, Perfume of Rigaud
Promotional art for Oeillet d'Andalousie, a discontinued Perfume of Rigaud. An Andalusian woman with fan, in shawl and ruffled skirt, stands next to a potted carnation and basket of fruit

Promotional art for L'Heure Charmante, a Perfume of Rigaud. Two lovers in a garden point to a sundial. The perfume was launched in 1914 but discontinued

Promotional art for Lilas de Rigaud, Lilac of Rigaud. A woman in a white gown and necklace plucking lilac flowers from a bush. A bonnet and basket of lilac flowers at her feet

Promotional art for Muses des Bois, a Perfume of Rigaud. Two young women sit with a deer in a forest clearing. The line was discontinued

Promotional art for Pres de Vous, a Perfume of Rigaud. A man leans near a woman seated on a wall in the moonlight near a chateau. Pres de Vous was launched in 1912

Promotional art for Prince Igor, a Perfume of Rigaud. A bejeweled Russian prince sits on a throne within an arched border

Sacred vessel, perfume holder and altar to Neptune
Vessel for hot water used by sacrificial priests found in Portici 1, perforated vase for perfumes used in worship 2, and altar to Neptune with battle prows and battering rams

Costume of a native girl of Tahiti. Her short hair is perfumed with coconut oil and herbs, adorned with flowers. She wears a long tunic over a gown. Fille de Taiti

Costume of a native woman of Tahiti. Her short hair is perfumed with coconut oil and herbs. She wears a turban of horsehair, a cape and skirt with belt. Femme de Taiti

The skeleton of Death and a woman at her toilette. A young woman holds flowers in her hair sitting in front of a mirror at her dressing table. A mask and invitation to a masked ball lie on the floor

Gold Medal Certificate for the California Perfume Company, 1915
Gold Medal Certificate for the California Perfume Company from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915

American Ideal brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Can of talcum powder, box of talc, jar of cold cream, lipstick and flacon of perfume with box

Avon cosmetics brand gifts, 1927. Gift box with compact and lipstick. Green glass perfume atomiser in front of a purple chrysanthemum

CPC cosmetics brand Christmas ideas, 1927. Gift box of Gertrude Recordon's Introductory Facial Treatment, with Peach Lotion, Skin Food, Cleansing Cream, and Astringent. Christmas gift packaging

Quintette gift box of Vernafleur cosmetics, 1927
Quintette gift box of Vernafleur brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Jars of NutriCreme and Tissue Creme, lipstick, box of talc with puff, can of Talcum Powder

CPC brand cleaning products, 1927. Cans of Spots-Out, Kwick Metal Polish, Furniture Polish, Silver Cream Polish and Mothicide

CPC brand cleaning products, 1927. Bottle of Liquid Shoe White, boxes of Starch Dressing, Naphtha Laundry Crystals and Avon Powdered Cleaner

Glass of iced fruit juice with straw, slice of cake and bowl of
Glass of iced fruit juice with straw, pitcher of juice, slice of cake, bowl of fruit on a table with lace tablecloth

CPC brand food items, 1927. Corked bottle of Savory Coloring, can of Supreme Olive Oil, Huile d'Olive, and can of Baking Powder

Perfection brand food dyes and extracts, 1927. Corked bottles of Lemon and Vanilla concentrated flavoring extract, and Perfection Coloring Set with box, Red, Yellow, Blue, Brown and Green food dyes

CPC cosmetics brand soaps, 1927
CPC brand soaps, 1927. Lemonol toilet and complexion soap, Almond Bouquet toilet soap, Dr. Zabriskie's cutaneous soap and Castile soap

CPC cosmetics for men, 1927. Aromatic Bay Rum, Lilac Vegetal, Bayberry Shaving Cream, Avon Talc for Men, Avon Shaving Stick, Shaving Powder and cake of Shaving Soap

CPC cosmetics gift box for men, 1927. Aromatic Bay Rum, Lilac Vegetal, Bayberry Shaving Cream, White Lilac Talcum Powder, Menthol Witch Hazel Cream, and shaving stick

Dental products from CPC, 1927. Dental cream, Sen-Den-Tal, Tooth Tablet, Smokers Tooth Powder, Pyrox tooth powder, Tooth wash and tooth brush

CPC brand cosmetics from 1927. Bottle of Liquid Shampoo, Brillantine, Bandoline hair dressings, Benzoin Lotion, Lavender Salts, and Eau de Quinine hair tonic

CPC brand cosmetics from 1927. American Beauty Fragrance Jar with ribbon, bottle of Liquid Face Powder, bottle of Witch Hazel Extract, and can of Depilatory

Gift set of Baby brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927
Gift set of Baby brand cosmetics from CPC, decorated with toy soldiers, 1927. Bottle of Supreme Olive Oil, can of Baby Powder, box of Boric Acid and cake of Castile Soap

CPC cosmetics and deodorants from 1927. Bottle of Lotus cream, can of Elite foot powder, flacon of Nulodor deodorant, tubes of Witch Hazel cream, and flacon of Rose Water Glycerine and Benzoin

Children's cosmetics from CPC, 1927

Manicure set from CPC cosmetics, 1927. Gift box with cans of radiant nail powder, nail white, nail cream and flacon of cuticle softener. Round box of talcum powder

Gertrude Recordon's Facial Treatment from CPC, 1927
Gift box of Gertrude Recordon's Facial Treatment from CPC, 1927. Flacons of astringent and Peach Lotion, jars of cleansing cream and skin food

CPC floral perfumes and toilet waters, 1927

Brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Can of Violet Almond Meal, compact of Trailing Arbutus rouge with puff, can of White Lilac talcum powder, and can of California Rose talc

Gift box of Trailing Arbutus brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Bars of vegetable oil soap, tubs of cold cream and vanishing cream, box of face powder, and jar of talcum powder

Trailing Arbutus brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Cans of talcum powder, sachet perfume, can of bath powder, and box of talc

Trailing Arbutus brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Box of vegetable oil soap, tube of cold cream, flacon of perfume with box, and tubs of vanishing cream and cold cream

Vernafleur brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Can of bath salts, lipstick, flacon of perfume, jar of tissue creme, duplex rouge compact with mirror and powder puffs, and metal powder case

Gift box of Vernafleur brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927
Vernafleur brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Gift box with talcum powder, can of bath salts and box of toilet soap

Vernafleur brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Can of Vernatalc, box of three toilet soaps, jar of nutri creme and can of talcum powder with puff

Daphne brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Can of talcum powder, lipstick, eye pencil, jars of cerate and rolling massage cream, bottle of bath salts

Daphne brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Septette gift box with derma cream, cerate, face powder compact, rouge compact, talcum powder, bottle of toilet water and flacon of perfume extract

Daphne brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Bottle of toilet water in box, can of Sachet Powder, vanity makeup compact and duplex rouge compact with mirror

Various CPC brand cosmetics, 1927. Flacon and flaconette of Narcissus perfume, flacon and flaconette of Daphne perfume, and box of Daphne face powder

American Ideal brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927. Bottle of Sachet Powder, lipstick, perfume, cakes of toilet soap, and flacon of toilet water with box

American Ideal brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927
American Ideal brand cosmetics from CPC. Can of talcum powder, box of face powder, jar of talcum powder, lipstick and flacon of perfume

Jardin d'Amour brand cosmetics from CPC, 1927
Jardin d'Amour brand cosmetics from CPC. Flacon of perfume with round box, compact with powder puff, rouge and lipsticks, duplex compact with rouge and mirror, and can of talcum powder

Title page from California Perfume Company catalog, 1927
Title page with landscape view of an overgrown garden with fountain, wisteria arch, flowers and shrubs

CPC brand cleaning products, 1926. Bottle of Liquid Shoe White, box of Easy Cleaner laundry detergent, box of Naphtha Laundry Crystals, and box of Starch Dressing

CPC brand cosmetics soaps from 1926. Box of three cakes of Lemonol Toilet and Complexion Soap, box of Almond Bouquet Toilet Soap and can of Violet Almond Meal soap

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