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Saturday, May 18, 2019
Friday, May 17, 2019
Jennings Perfumery Company
Established 1872 by Charles W. Jennings.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Valentino by Valentino c1977
Friday, April 26, 2019
Blazer by Anne Klein c1974
When Blazer was created, Anne Klein was best known for structured ready-to-wear apparel, as epitomized by her blazer which became world famous, fashion for the modern woman of the early 1970s. Blazer was created to complement clothes, specifically Anne Klein designs. The Blazer woman, the perfume company said, is active and sports-oriented. She wears classic separates and is casual yet chic.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Monday, April 15, 2019
Société Parisienne de Verreries
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Friday, April 5, 2019
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Calisher and Company Perfumes
Monday, February 11, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Poujol
In addition to perfumes, sachets, soap, talcum powder, toilet waters, Poujol also made cosmetics including face powder (and compacts), lipstick, rouge, cleansing tissues.
Friday, January 18, 2019
Columbian Exposition 1893
Monday, November 5, 2018
Organza by Givenchy c1996
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Deci Dela by Nina Ricci c1994
Deci Dela by Nina Ricci: launched in 1994. Created by Evelyne Boulanger and Jean Guichard.
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Scent Bottles: Opaline Glass
During the Second Empire, glass manufacturers in France produced scent bottles in opaline, an opaque or slightly translucent glass that can appear either white or brightly colored in shades of apple green, turquoise blue, rose pink, jet black, soft lavender and sunny yellow. Opaline glass is opacified to a translucent or opalescent state by the addition of tin oxide or ashes of calcified bone. It is not to be confused with common milk glass. Real opaline glass has a "fiery sunset glow" when held to the light, indicative of older glass pieces.
Monday, August 6, 2018
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Collecting Blue Glass Commercial Perfume Bottles
These elegant beauties were produced mainly during the 1920s-1950s and most have Art Deco influences. I know I don't have every one listed, if I missed one, let me know! Current values given below are for average book values and auction estimates. Why not start a collection focusing on just the blue glass bottles?
Friday, July 13, 2018
Les Parfums de Suzy
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Monday, June 4, 2018
Colgate Perfumes
Key Dates:
- 1806: Company is founded by William Colgate in New York to make starch, soap, and candles.
- 1857: After founder's death, company becomes known as Colgate & Company.
- 1873: Toothpaste is first marketed.
- 1896: Collapsible tubes for toothpaste are introduced.
- 1898: B.J. Johnson Soap Company (later renamed Palmolive Company) introduces Palmolive soap.
- 1910: Colgate moves from original location to Jersey City, New Jersey.
- 1926: Palmolive merges with Peet Brothers, creating Palmolive-Peet Company.
- 1928: Colgate and Palmolive-Peet merge, forming Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company.
- 1947: Fab detergent and Ajax cleanser are introduced.
- 1953: Company changes its name to Colgate-Palmolive Company.
- 1956: Corporate headquarters shifts back to New York.
- 1966: Palmolive dishwashing liquid is introduced.
- 1967: Sales top $1 billion.
- 1968: Colgate toothpaste is reformulated with fluoride; Ultra Brite is introduced.
- 1976: Hill's Pet Products is purchased.
- 1987: The Softsoap brand of liquid soap is acquired.
- 1992: The Mennen Company is acquired; Total toothpaste is introduced overseas.
- 1995: Latin American firm Kolynos Oral Care is acquired; Colgate-Palmolive undergoes major restructuring.
- 1997: Total toothpaste is launched in the United States; Colgate takes lead in domestic toothpaste market.
- 2004: Company acquires European oral care firm GABA Holding AG; major restructuring is launched.
Colgate Company of Jersey City, NJ from 1879 to 1959.
Colgate & Company had been a pioneer in establishing international operations, creating a Canadian subsidiary in 1913 and one in France in 1920. In the early 1920s the firm expanded into Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Mexico. Colgate or its successor firm next created subsidiaries in the Philippines, Brazil, Argentina, and South Africa in the late 1920s. In 1937 the company moved into India and by the end of the 1940s had operations in most of South America. By 1939 Colgate-Palmolive-Peet's sales hit $100 million.
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Depose and Deponiert: and other French and German marks
Occasionally in the world of antiques, you may come across a mark, DEP, which could mean either Depose or Deponiert. This mark is commonly found on German or French bisque dolls, celluloid, porcelain, jewelry, glass or metal goods. Dep stands for the German word Deponiert which means registered, or copyright. Dep is also a shortened form of Depose which is French for registered.
Without knowing a manufacturer or country of origin, it is safe to say that if your item is marked DEP, it is most likely of French or German manufacture.
Here is a short list of other words related to patents or other markings found on German antiques:
- Angestrichen mit der Hand: handpainted
- Besteuern Sie Steuer: excise tax
Sometimes DEP is accompanied by GES to form the following mark DEP/GES, the GES is an abbreviated form of the word Geschutz, if you see this mark, your piece is of German origin. Sometimes people think that Geschutz is a manufacturer, in reality it only means "protected against copying" in German.
- DRGM, a German patent mark that stands for Deutsches Reich Geschmacksmuste
- DRP is German for Deutsches Reich Patent
- Fabrikmarke: factory mark
- Frankreich: France
- Gegr. : an abbreviated form of the word gegrundet which means established/founded
- Gebruder: brothers
- Ges. Gesch. : abbreviated form of Gesetzlich Geschutzt: legally protected, patented, copyrighted
- Ges. Mbh: company or corporation
- Glashuttenwerk: glassworks factory
- Glassmanufaktur: glassworks factory
- Hochfeine: fine quality/high quality
- Juwelier: jeweler
- Kristall: crystal
- Kunststoff: plastic
- Kupfer: copper
- Musterschutz: copyright
- Papierstoff: papier mache
- Porzellanfabrik: porcelain factory, this mark is sometimes on the back of dinnerware.
- Abteilung: department
- Schutzmarke: trade mark
- Silber: silver
- Steingurfabrik: stoneware factory
- Tschechoslowake: Czechoslovakia
- Verboten: prohibited
- Waschbar: washable
- Werkstatte: workshop/studio
- West Germany: used from 1948-1991 (useful in dating vintage costume jewelry)
- Zelluloid: celluloid
- Zettel: label
- Zinn: tin/pewter
- Zoll Abteilung: customs department
- Alliage: alloy
- Antiquité: antique
- Argent: silver
- Atelier: studio
- Brevete: this word is commonly found on French items and some people mistake it fo a manufacturers marking, but it simply means patented.
- Bté. SGDG: means "patented." It is shortened from the phrase Breveté Sans Garantie du Gouvernement which means "Patented without State Guarantee."
- Cie./Compagnie: company
- Cristallerie: glass factory
- Cuivre: copper
- Cuivre jaune: brass
- Decore a la main: hand decorated
- Decore par: decorated by
- Département de douanes: customs department
- Depose: registered
- Drapier: clothier
- Email: enamel/paint
- Etain: tin
- Et Fils: and Son
- Etats Unis: United States
- Exciser l'impôt: excise tax
- Exportation: export
- Fabrique Par: manufactured by
- Grand Magasin: department store
- Impôt: tax
- Joaillier: jeweler
- le Celluloïd: celluloid
- le Plastique: plastic
- Marque déposée: trademark
- Marque de Fabrique: this word means trade mark.
- Millésime: vintage
- Métal: metal
- Modele Depose: Registered Design
- Or: gold
- Orfevre: silversmith
- Peint à la Main: hand painted
- Porcelaine Fabrique: porcelain factory, sometimes found on the back of dinnerware.
- Ste. : an abbreviation for Societe
- Tcheqoslovaquie: Czechslovakia
- Vendeur: seller
- Verrier: glassworker
- Verrerie: glass works factory
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Saturday, May 5, 2018
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Friday, April 13, 2018
Alex Ross & Sons
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Silver Alloy Marks and Trade Names
Many of these marks can confuse the buyer, dealer or collector if they aren't knowledgeable in the different trade names and alloys.
Please note that these markings and trade names are not for sterling silver. I have listed as many trade names and types of alloys as I can find.
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Deborah International
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Welcome!
One of the goals of this website is to show the present owners of the various perfumes and cologne brands that are featured here how much we miss the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back these fragrances!
Please leave a comment below (for example: of why you liked the fragrance, describe the scent, time period or age you wore it, who gave it to you or what occasion, any specific memories, what it reminded you of, maybe a relative wore it, or you remembered seeing the bottle on their vanity table, did you like the bottle design), who knows, perhaps someone from the company brand might see it.
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