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Welcome to my unique perfume blog! Here, you'll find detailed, encyclopedic entries about perfumes and companies, complete with facts and photos for easy research. This site is not affiliated with any perfume companies; it's a reference source for collectors and enthusiasts who cherish classic fragrances. My goal is to highlight beloved, discontinued classics and show current brand owners the demand for their revival. Your input is invaluable! Please share why you liked a fragrance, describe its scent, the time period you wore it, any memorable occasions, or what it reminded you of. Did a relative wear it, or did you like the bottle design? Your stories might catch the attention of brand representatives. I regularly update posts with new information and corrections. Your contributions help keep my entries accurate and comprehensive. Please comment and share any additional information you have. Together, we can keep the legacy of classic perfumes alive!

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I am also interested in acquiring donated reference books, auction catalogs, pamphlets, perfume cards, powder boxes, unwanted cosmetics, training manuals, perfume labels, employee paraphernalia, publicity, press kits, vintage advertisements, perfume samples, bottles, and any perfume or vanity related. Check out my wish lists also for things I am looking for specifically! I will also swap for an appraisal.


Perfumes I want:
  • Any vintage perfumes, preferably sealed if possible.
  • Perfume samples or decants for review

I am interested in acquiring samples. I would like to review these items on my blog. Some perfumes have been discontinued for so many years that there might not be any info about them or notes listed, I would try to list any notes that I detect while reviewing a sample. To send me a donated sample, just contact me thru the contact me page and let me know so I can send you my address. I am interested in any vintage ladies fragrances.

If you have a book, bottle, powder box, company catalog, training manuals, publicity, press kits, auction catalog, or any ephemera and want to donate them, email me at cleopatrasboudoir@gmail.com and I can send my address.

Here is a list of books on perfume that I am actively looking to own. I am interested in purchasing at reasonable prices or trading for perfume appraisals or fragrances that I have for sale. If you would like to donate, that would be greatly appreciated as I want to maintain the utmost accuracy of information in all of my blog posts and websites.
  1. DICTIONNAIRE DES PARFUMS DE FRANCE (any volume)
  2. Anything from the Fragrance Foundation
  3. Les Parfums du Monde by C and D Berger
  4. Cult Perfumes: The World's Most Exclusive Perfumeries by Tessa Williams
  5. The Essence of Perfume by Roja Dove
  6. Glamour Icons: Perfume Bottle Design by Marc Rosen by Marc Rosen
  7. Caron by Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg 
  8. Fabulous Fragrances II : A Guide to Prestige Perfumes for Women and Men by Jan Moran
  9. Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris by Christopher Kemp
  10. Générations Bourjois by Geneviève Fontan
  11. Molinard Parfumeur - distillateur de fleurs depuis 1849 by Tim White
  12. Caron: The Secret Charm of a Perfumed House by Gregoire Colard
  13. Parfum-Flacons by Beatrice Frankl
  14. Perfume Fantasies by F. Ghozland
  15. R. Lalique by Felix Marcilhac
  16. Scent Bottles Through The Centuries: The Collection of Joan Hermanowski
  17. A Guide To Sandwich Glass by Raymond E. Barlow
  18. Scent Bottles Through The Ages by Lynda Brine and Nancy Whitaker
  19. Le Memoire des Parfums by Clarence Duchesne
  20. Fragrances of the World by Michael Edwards
  21. The Fragrance Adviser by Michael Edwards
  22. Heavenly Scents by Pamela F. Taylor
  23. Any Haarman and Reimer books on perfumery in English or French, not German
  24. Frimousse d'or: Les tabernacles de la beauté by Geneviève Fontan
  25. Un Siecle d'echantillons de Guerlain by Atlas & Monniot
  26. Le Roman des Guerlain by Elisabeth Feydeau
  27. Flacons Guerlain by Bernard Gangler
  28. Generations Guerlain by Genevieve Fontan
  29. Generations Nina Ricci by Genevieve Fontan
  30. Esprit de Parfums by Christian Dior
  31. Parfums d'Orient by Lebeau, Richard
  32. Parfums de Gloire by Genevieve Fontan
  33. Parfums d'Extase by Genevieve Fontan
  34. Parfumeurs et Flacons d'Antan by Marie-Hélène Aubane
  35. L'ABCdaire du parfum by Nicolas de Barry
  36. Perfumes and Spices by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
  37. Ultra vanities. Minaudières, necessary and compact by Etherington-Smith Meredith

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