Showing posts with label powder puff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label powder puff. Show all posts

Friday, January 3, 2014

Houpette Pli Retractable Powder Puffs

In this guide I will introduce you to the small world of the Houpette Pli, the unusual container with a retractable swansdown powder puff from France. The word "houpette" means "puff in French. and Pli means "fold".

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The pli was manufactured by Alexandre Willk. Their primary client was Molinard.

Plis can be found made up of celluloid, bakelite and galalith. The bottom unscrews for powder and is usually imprinted “Brevete Pli S.G.D.G. Made In France”.

The top unscrews and reveals a fluffy powder puff when the cylinder tube is pushed up. Attached to material encasing the outside of the puff are delicate wires that allow the goose down feathers to expand as they are passed through the tube. Powder can be expelled by unscrewing the cap on the base.

French trademarks:

  • Brevet or Brevete is French for "patent" or "patented." Remember, it is NOT the maker's name!
  • Cie or Compagnie means "company."
  • Déposé means "registered"
  • Modele Déposé means "registered design"
  • Marque Déposé means "trademark"
  • Marque de Fabrique means "trademark."
  • Décore a la main means "hand decorated."
  • Bté. SGDG is the abbreviation for Breveté Sans Garantie du Gouvernement which means "Patented Without State Guarantee."


photos from worthpoint


Molinard branded Pli, photos from worthpoint


Molinard branded Pli, photos from worthpoint


photo from worthpoint


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Welcome!

This is not your average perfume blog. In each post, I present perfumes or companies as encyclopedic entries with as much facts and photos as I can add for easy reading and researching without all the extraneous fluff or puffery.

Please understand that this website is not affiliated with any of the perfume companies written about here, it is only a source of reference. I consider it a repository of vital information for collectors and those who have enjoyed the classic fragrances of days gone by. Updates to posts are conducted whenever I find new information to add or to correct any errors.

One of the goals of this website is to show the present owners of the various perfumes and cologne brands that are featured here how much we miss the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back these fragrances!

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