Cleopatra's Boudoir: L'Orle

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Friday, January 1, 2021

L'Orle

L'Orle (Pronounced Lor-lay). A perfume house opened in Paris in 1934 by A.T. Levy, initially to sell the perfume Cafe Society. Not long after, he opened a branch in New York, aiming his sales at the middle class American market.

The company was noted for its unusual packaging.

The perfume Wine, Women and Song came in a book shaped carton.

Libido was housed in a box with mirrors.

Porcelain Bottles & Flasks:

Several fragrances were housed in a series of colorful porcelain type perfume containers.

The “Bud Vase" eau de toilette collection included six bud vase bottles made up of pottery, each design was said by the 1940 issue of Drug & Cosmetic Industry to be "a replica of a museum piece". These were produced in six different pastel colors including pink, blue and white. Each bud vase held three to four ounces of toilet water topped with a cork stopper. The idea was that when the perfume was used up, you could discard the stopper and use the bottle as a bud vase. The perfumes included: Flowers of America, Flowers of Rio, Flowers of Bermuda, Flowers of Havana, Flowers of Hawaii, Flowers of the Indies.

The "Spirits of Perfume" collection included four perfumes housed in pastel glazed pottery flasks molded with a cameo on the front. The perfume I mostly have found in this bottle was Fiesta.

Four men's fragrances were housed in a spur shaped porcelain type flasks molded with a polo scene: Polo Spur, Gentleman's Bouquet. The men's flasks were glazed in dark masculine finishes: dark red, navy blue, black and brown.