#perfume history

[mote-historie]

Art Deco Designs for perfume bottles, The DeVilbiss Co. Ltd., 23 June 1924.

The National Archives’ visual collections

[soli-flore]

Alla Nazimova, born Marem-Ides (or Miriam Edez Adelaida) Leventon in Yalta to Jewish parents, was once the world’s highest paid actress. She was also credited as “The Founding Mother of Sapphic Hollywood” and even coined the term “sewing circles” to refer to secret society of lesbian and bisexual actresses. 

Her early life was marred by abuse from her father and fear from fleeing pogroms in her home country. But acting came as her escape, and it was a profitable one.

Nowadays, the pioneering actress is rarely remembered, but one brand still carries a perfume they made especially for her in 1914. Caswell-Massey’s “Marem” has top notes of red current and neroli, middle notes of eucalyptus and Crimean rose, and base notes of amber and cedarwood.

A bold fragrance for a bold woman.

[isablooo]

I don't normally post this kind of stuff but I've been wanting to share some research photos I took at the Fragonard Perfume Museum when I visited Paris in the Summer! I took loads of photos as research for my comic Séverine’s Perfumery, but these are the highlights. It's free to visit and very beautiful so I would so recommend going!

From left to right:

1.) Perfume organ, used by perfumers to arrange raw materials!

2.) Nécessaires de voyage (essentials kit for travelling), Paris, c. 1809-1819. It was a gift from Duc de Berry to his first wife Amy Brown and holds a hundred objects, including toiletries, perfume bottles, teapot, coffee pot, hot chocolate pot, sugar bowl, candlesticks and tools for sewing and writing.

3.) Nécessaires de voyage close-ups.

4.) Enfluerage board.

5.) Corset bottles: Jasmin, Lotus flower and Lilac, Ahmed Soliman, c. 1920.

6.) Selection of 19th century perfumes.

7.) Crystal and pink gold flacon, France, c. 18th century.

8.) Muguet (lily of the valley) flacon, Guerlain, c. 1900.

9.) Flacon from the workshop of Bernard Perrot, France, c. second half of the 17th century.

10.) Perfume nécessaires (essentials) in the form of a book that Marie Antoinette used to offer round to her guests c. late 18th century.

11.) Flacon in the shape of a knight, France, 19th century.

12.) Nécessaires (essentials) case holding 13 toiletries, including a mirror, London, c. 1760-65.

[lapinlavande]

solid perfume necklace in the shape of a mussel from estée lauder, 1974

[immortalperfumes]

Perfume History Tour in Europe!

I'm looking at Spring/Summer 2024 for a perfume history trip to Paris, Florence, or London. If you'd like to help me decide or to sign up for updates, fill out the survey at the link.

[dear-ao3]

hey gang, lets all agree that if youre going to class, do not put on ten pounds of perfume/cologne. a spritz is fine. but some people get sick from them and if people can smell it from across the room, you are obstructing peoples learning/life

[lilithsaintcrow]

“The bitumen seal was key in preserving the patchouli’s chemical signature. Not only did the seal keep the fragrance inside the bottle, but it also trapped the perfume molecules through a process called adsorption."

I love that rich-ass Romans probably smelled like a head shop.

[escapismsworld]

Roman bird-shaped glass vessels were used as perfume bottles. The liquid was sealed inside the vessels and the tip of the tail had to be broken to remove the perfume. The one pictured (c. 1st century AD) is still intact and filled with the scented content.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Perfume bottle in the shape of a hes-vase inlaid with the figure of a princess.

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period; 18th Dynasty; Reign of Akhenaten

Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Place of origin: Egypt; Possibly from Upper Egypt, Thebes

Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), carnelian, obsidian,gold, and colored glass inlay.

[luvmoonie]

‘what hobbies do you have?’

so i do this thing where i’ll see a piece of media and make it my whole entire personality and life source for the next few months

[funky-astrologer]

🌹 - Aphrodite - 🌹

Greek Goddess of Beauty, Love, Romance, Pleasure & Sex🌹

Happy Women’s History Month & Venus day ❤️‍🔥

Venus keywords:

Love, Romance, Beauty, Self-Love, Relationships, Healing, Femininity, Intuition, Material Possessions

Venus holds a special place in my heart--especially for self-love, I even have a tattoo of the birth of Venus. Along with that, I have honored Aphrodite as a goddess for self-love and healing self-worth for some time now.

She is splendid and has a wonderful and loving energy in my experience. If you enjoy the concept of working alongside goddesses, gods, spirits, etc, here is a little snippet from me about Lady Aphrodite🌹

🌹 - Associations & Symbols - 🌹

Roses

Lilies (her virginity was renewed on an annual basis)

Love, Sex & Romance 🥰

The Ocean & Seashells 

Fridays (day of Venus)

The number 5 - sacred number of Venus

Apples

Doves, Swans

✨ - Epithets - ✨

Euploia - “of fair voyage”

Pontia - “of the sea”

Philommeidês - “laughter loving”

^ in my personal experience, each time I’ve connected with her, I laugh a lot more, she loves it☺️

Aphrogeneia - “foam born”

Nikêphoros - “bringer of victory”

Morphô - “of shapely form”

Symmakhia “ Ally in love”

Apostrophia “Averter of (unlawful desires)”

Ourania - “Heavenly (Divine)”

🤍 - Offerings - 🤍

Rose or Lily Flowers

Self-care or self-love

Rose Quartz

Pearls

Sea Glass

Mirrors

Chocolate

Fruits such as Apple, Coconut, Strawberry & Peaches

Honey 🍯

Jewelry

Praise

Poetry

Acts of Love 💋

Sex, Self-Pleasure

Sea shells

Ocean Water

Sugar

Marjoram

Incorporate these into your life and energy and you just might find her reaching out to you! If not, I’m sure she’d love for you to reach out to her☺️

Below is a link to the perfume oil I created to honor Lady Aphrodite, if you worship her or wish to work alongside her or her energies, this oil is for you💋

🌹Inspired by the Goddess Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love, Romance, Sex, Pleasure & Beauty. Handcrafted & blessed by Lady Aphrodite & made with intentions for love, attraction, bringing in sweetness, sensuality, joy, pleasure and beauty. This perfume oil will assist you in attracting your heart’s desires as well as exude blissful and loving energy.

I have some new exclusive patreon posts up! Including this one, of course I may be adding more additional content about the work I do with Lady Aphrodite as she is so enjoyable to work with🥰

Would you like to know more about the asteroid Aphrodite in your chart? Book a reading with me babe, igu, email me or sign up on my Patreon for 50% off your reading.

Links in Bio ❣️

Patreon memberships start at $5

XOXO

-S.

[soli-flore]

Somber, sultry and Swedish, Greta Garbo is one of the first names that pop into our minds when we think of the best of classic Hollywood. While her most famously remembered lover is her frequent costar John Gilbert (and possibly a dalliance with German author Erich Maria Remarque), she is now known to have been bisexual, and counted among her female lovers Lilyan Tashman, Louise Brooks, and the author Mercedes de Acosta.

And what sort of fragrance did the “Swedish Sphinx” favor?

“Vent Vert” by Balmain, a dizzying and fresh mix of greenery.

First launched in 1947 and later reformulated in the 90s, the original was a concoction invented by Germaine Cellier. The top notes are violet leaf, bergamot, neroli and narcissus, while the middle notes are galbanum, basil, hyacinth, narcissus, lily-of-the-valley, rose, freesia, geranium and jasmine. Finally, the base notes comprise of oakmoss, sandalwood and musk.

Other favorites were the chypre floral “Ivoire de Balmain”, and The Crown Perfurmery Co.’s “Tanglewood Bouquet”, which was an amber floral.

Each fragrance has one thing in common: they are as bold and arresting as Garbo herself.

[dani-dabbles]

songs that altered entire fanbases

[pocketvenuslux]

Fantastic deep dive on my 2nd favourite fragrance from this house.

[how-the-feathers-have-fallen]

Just when I think this fucking fandom is getting some fucking peace some mad man driving a gasoline truck rams straight into garbage fire....

Anyway wake up babe new Supernatual actor men rpf dropped!!