Monday, September 11, 2023

Marc Isanbel Parfums

 Marc Isanbel of Paris; sold perfumes in the 1940s, associated with Les Parfums Burdin.



Les Parfums Burdin Paris launched a range of fragrances in 1934.

I believe that the Marc Isanbel company may have acquired Les Parfums Burdin and relaunched some of their fragrances under the Marc Isanbel name in the 1940s. Berylune is the rebranded perfume Tabac. Cuir de Russie and Tabac were also sold by Les Parfums Burdin.

The name Isanbel was trademarked in Cuba in 1950.

Perfumes:

  • Berylune (this is the re-branded fragrance 'Tabac')
  • Cuir de Russie
  • Tabac

The Burdin perfumes can be found using Isanbel branded bottles.

Bottles:


The luxurious Marc Isanbel perfume bottles are exquisitely made of frosted glass and have an unusual pattern that reminds me of melted candle wax that has dripped repeatedly over a bottle, like those chianti flasks found in Italian restaurants. The large disk shaped frosted glass stoppers have the matching pattern. The bottles have their paper labels fitted towards the upper part of the bottle just below the neck, a small square reserve molded into the bottle fits the labels perfectly inside. The bases will are molded with "Isanbel Paris". The unique bottles were made in Czechoslovakia by Verreries Tcheco-Moraves - CMS formerly the Reich factory.

Often one cannot find the bottles with their labels intact. The bottles can be found in five different sizes:
  • 1/4 oz? bottle stands 2.40" (6.1cm) tall 
  • 1/2 oz? bottle stands 2.87" (7.3cm) tall
  • 0.73 oz (21ml) bottle stands 2.75" tall 
  • 1 oz (30ml) stands 2.95" (7.5cm) tall with a stopper diameter of 
  • stands 4.72" (12cm) tall with a stopper diameter of 1.96" (5 cm)
  • 5" (15.2cm) tall for "Lotion"
  • 6" tall with a stopper diameter 2.5"
  • stands 6.29" (16cm) tall with a stopper diameter of 2.36" (6 cm)
  • stands 7.48" (19cm) tall with a stopper diameter of 2.75" (7 cm)
  • stands 9.44" (24cm) tall with a stopper diameter of 3.54" (9 cm)















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