Perfume
A few Delcampe figures There are over 55,000 items to discover in the “Perfume and beauty” category. Over 110,000 items from the category have already been sold.
the 14th century, “Eau de la Reine de Hongrie”, with rosemary and turpentine. From then on, the perfume began to become very fashionable. People started to perfume themselves and their clothes a lot more. In the 18th century, Grasse became the perfume capital thanks to the mass production of perfume. In the 18th century, a name remains in history. The name of Jean-Marie Farina who created in 1720 “l’eau de Cologne ” whose formula is still used today. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that perfumery and haute couture joined forces and never left each other, even if there are still independent perfumers or mass-produced perfumes to be sold in supermarkets. Collecting Perfumes There are many ways to collect perfumes. You can love them for their scent, but also for their bottles or labels. It has to be said that this luxury product is particularly sophisticated when it comes to packaging. Perfume miniatures were originally created to be given as gifts to customers in perfume stores. Soon, they started to be collected and there are
On the left page A set of perfume bottles. Eau de Cologne Russe perfume label, perfumery Lorenzy-Palanca. On this page Eau de Sureau label Tombarel Frères perfumery in Grasse. Two labels from the Payan perfumery in Grasse.
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