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.

The perfumes of L'Orle:

• 1934 Cafe Society (an oriental perfume)
• 1938 L'Odorante
• 1938 Wine, Woman and Song
• 1940 Argentina
• 1940 Fiesta (presented in cameo pottery flasks)
• 1940 Flowers of America (presented in a bud shaped bottle) 
• 1940 Flowers of Bermuda (presented in a bud shaped bottle) 
• 1940 Flowers of Havana (presented in a bud shaped bottle)
• 1940 Flowers of Hawaii (presented in a bud shaped bottle)
• 1940 Flowers of Indies (presented in a bud shaped bottle)
• 1940 Flowers of Rio (presented in a bud shaped bottle) 
• 1940 Lilas
• 1940 Scenario (a woody-mossy-leafy chypre perfume)
• 1941 Buckskin
• 1941 Doeskin
• 1941 Libido (a floral perfume)
• 1941 Sportswoman
• 1943 Duchesse de Bourbon  
• 1943 Duchesse de Châteauroux
• 1943 Madame de Maintenon  
• 1943 Madame de Pompadour  
• 1943 Madame d'Orleans  
• 1943 Madame Rolland  
• 1943 Marie Antoinette
• 1943 Madame Adelaide
• 1943 Madame de Epinay  
• 1943 Princesse de Conde
• 1944 It’s a Date
• 1944 My Nemesis
• 1944 Hold Me  
• 1944 Haunting  
• 1945 Field & Stream
• 1945 Stick & Ball
• 1945 Skiing
• 1945 Clover Hay
• 1946 Beware (an aldehydic perfume)
• 1946 Craftsman
• 1946 Dare Me
• 1946 El Rancho (a masculine fragrance)
• 1946 Embroidery
• 1946 Gold Craft
• 1946 Gold Flask
• 1946 Landscape
• 1946 Silver Craft
• 1946 Synopsis (an aldehydic perfume)
• 1946 Temptress
• 1946 Trespass
• 1946 Silver Flask
• 1946 Tumbleweed 
• 1948 Pine Buds
• 1953 Bewilderment
• 1962 Valor After Shave

• Blended Spices
• Bonnie Heather
• Boot and Saddles
• Forecast    
• Intangible  
• La Conga
• March of Time
• Night in Rio
• Obsession
• Orchid Blossoms
• Squire (a masculine fragrance)
• Straw
• Swank
• Temptress
• Tube Rose
• Whirlwind