Collecting Perfume Labels

If you are looking for something unusual and perfumery related , then the perfume's label itself would fit the bill nicely. Perfume labels are so varied that one could collect various types from Art Nouveau and Art Deco to particular brands such as Guerlain or Coty. From paper labels to embossed metal labels, there are so many to choose from. Some people like put them into albums, while others enjoy framing and hanging them on the wall. 

In addition to perfume labels, antique soap and face powder labels are commonly found on auction sites, especially ebay France. You can find a plethora of styles, brands and types. My favorites are those from the late Victorian period, the Art Nouveau era to the Art Deco period, especially those with metallic gold accents. 

If you are looking for Victorian labels, Victor Vaissier produced perfumes and soaps and his beautifully lithographed labels are among the most widely found today. 

Let me introduce you to some of the makers of these labels:

Douin & Jouneau of Paris created some fine perfume labels as well as labels for liquors and wines.

Camis:

Maurice Laurent, Bona & Bicart:

Desnyroux of Paris

L. Bertrand of 15, rue Grenier, St-Lazare, Paris was a manufacturer of labels and boxes for perfume and powders.

Gaston Jeanbin of Paris: The firm of Gaston Jeanbin of 38, rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie, were printers and publishers, who also made boxes and labels for perfume companies for their luxury productions and participated in the Art Deco Exhibition in 1925 along with Laurent, Bona, Bicart, Sardou et Chatelan, 27 avenue de la Grande-Armée, who also made luxury boxes and won a Grand Prize at the Parisian Exhibition. Jeanbin died in July 21,1933. Gaston Jeanbin , typographer and lithographer in Paris, member of the Union of Printers of France Masters since 1910, died at Coutainville, in his seventy-third year. Our late colleague had a dual professional and military role. After an internship at the Maison Desbordes, he started as a printer in 1898, under the name Mounier Jeanbin, taking over the succession of the printing.

 

Emile Larcher of Paris:

Fernand Baumann of Paris made gorgeous embossed metal labels.

One of the most important producers of boxes and labels was the printing firm of Sennet et Cie. Their most notable clients were Erizma, Gilot, Isabey, Lengyel, Sauze Freres and Vibert Freres. The company was established in 1853 as H. Deschamps.

A. Cortiglioni of Paris:

This company produced labels for Bourjois et Cie, Parfumeries Brecher and Nessler.

G. Heymann of Paris, clients were Lentheric:

G. Jouanneault:

For information on Stanley: http://collectingvintagecompacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/dayton-optometrist-who-decorated.html