Scented Collection

Advertisement for the London Glove Company of Cheapside and New Bond Street, showing a selection of womens gloves including long white evening gloves

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

Advert for Pears scented soaps, 1925 with emphasis on babies Date: 1925

Flame anemone, Anemone hortensis var. fulgens. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Tea rose hybrid, Safrano, Rosa ? odorata
Tea rose hybrid, Safrano, Rosa ?? odorata. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Tea rose hybrid, Gloire de Dijon, Rosa ? odorata
Tea rose hybrid, Gloire de Dijon, Rosa ?? odorata. Descendant of Souvenir de la Malmaison. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden

Short-spurred fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia odoratissima
Short-spurred fragrant orchid or scented gymnadenia, Gymnadenia odoratissima. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Scented Solomons seal, Polygonatum odoratum (Convallaria polygonatum). Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Sweet scented lycaste orchid, Lycaste aromatica. Chromolithograph by Hatch Company after a botanical illustration by Harriet Stewart Miner from Orchids, the Royal Family of Plants, Lee Shepard

Lady sniffing some blooms
Lady sniffing some scented red blooms... Date: circa 1930s

Advert by Scrubbs bath lotion 1934
Scrubbs bath lotion, Keeps you young. Softens and perfumes the bath. Ammonia of pine, lavender eau-de-cologne, rose and jasmine. Date: 1934

Advert for Eau de Kananga, japanese, spray
Advertisement for Eau de Kananga, a revitalising scented water spray from Japan Date: circa 1930

Advert for Alexander Clark novelty jewellery 1901
Edwardian novelty jewellery, aromatic scented lucky pigs and spheres containing a woollen pad saturated with a fragrance, leaving a beautiful odour, comes in gold

Sweet scented babiana with pale lilac flowers, Babiana plicata.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss Botanical Magazine 1802

Angular Solomon - seal / Scented Solomon - seal - wild flowering plants - forest floor - pine forest (Polygonatum odoratum). South Ural Mountains - Russia. summer - June

Advert for Dubarry gift cases 1934
A seletion of beautifully decorated gift cases from Dubarry, including perfume, flower scented bath crystals, fragant talcum powder, 2 tablets complexion soap and handkerchief puff. Date: 1934

Pot Pourri 1886
Pot-Pourri: Made with rose leaves, lavender, heliotrope and lemon-scented leaves, dried in the sun and put into a tall jar

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