Maderas de Oriente by Myrurgia: launched in 1918 . The line included perfume extract, perfumed lotion (much like a concentrated cologne), soap and face powder.
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http://www.maderasdeoriente.es/eng/eng.html
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It is classified as a sweet floral oriental perfume with women. It starts with a fresh, spicy top, followed by a spicy floral heart, resting on a subdued, powdery floral base.- Top notes: bergamot, lemon, neroli, coriander, marjoram
- Middle notes: clove, rose, orris, cyclamen, jasmine, ylang ylang
- Base notes: sandalwood, cedar, musk, benzoin, guiacwood
"A Fascinating Spanish Fragrance from Myrurgia. One of delightful woodsy fragrance touched by the mystery of the Orient."
The New Yorker, 1957:
"Saks Fifth Avenue makes a fuss about Maderas de Oriente, the base of which is sandalwood; its bottle is covered by a bullet-shaped wooden case with a braided tassel at the top, and half an ounce of it costs $8.25."
Bottles:
The perfume extract was housed in a cylindrical flacon designed by Julien Viard and enameled with the name of the perfume (later bottles had a label instead of enameling), and presented inside of a cylindrical wooden case that sprouted a braided yarn tassel from its cap. Curiously, a small bundle of colored wooden (sandalwood) sticks was inserted into the bottle to further reference the perfume's name "Woods of the Orient".
On some older bottles, a paper label was affixed to the back of the wooden case stating in Spanish:
(N贸tanse enel envase l贸s residu贸s que c贸nstatan la singular elab贸raci贸n de este perfume. Encada frasc贸 de 贸rigen y baj贸 invocaciones cabalisticas, han sid贸 puestas en infusi贸n dentr贸 alc贸h贸l de fl贸res, ramas jug贸sas de arbust贸s de las selvas Asiaticas, astilladas en cuart贸 creciente.)"Note the residues in the container that confirm the unique elaboration of this perfume. In each original bottle and under cabalistic invocations, succulent branches of shrubbery from the Asian jungles, chipped into crescents, have been infused within flower alcohol."
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photo by florblanca
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