Hello and welcome! Please understand that this website is not affiliated with Guerlain in any way, it is only a reference site for collectors and those who have enjoyed the classic fragrances of days gone by. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. The main objective of this website is to chronicle the 200+ year old history of the Guerlain fragrances and showcase the bottles and advertising used throughout the years. Let this site be your source for information on antique and vintage Guerlain perfumes. Another goal of this website is to show the present owners of the Guerlain company how much we miss many of the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back these fragrances! I invite you to 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 on what occasion, what it smelled like to you, how it made you feel, any specific memories, what it reminded you of, maybe a relative wore it, or you remembered seeing the bottle on their vanity table), who knows, perhaps someone from the current Guerlain brand might see it. If you have any questions, please send all images of your bottle and pertinent information directly to me at cleopatrasboudoir@gmail.com. I will try to assist you the best I can.

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Showing posts with label vintage perfume. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Magnum Import Perfume Bottles

The Magnum Import Company was an importer from New York who repackaged French perfumes for sale to the American market during the early 1920s.

You can find Magnum bottles with name of Caron, Guerlain, Coty, Grenoville, Rosine, D'Orsay, Roger et Gallet, Houbigant, Dedon

Magnum was wholly independent from these companies.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Monday, March 9, 2015

Unter den Linden c1850s

Unter den Linden by Guerlain: launched sometime in the 1850s I believe.

Unter den Linden ("under the linden trees") is a boulevard in the Mitte district of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is named for its linden (basswood in American English, lime in British English) trees that line the grassed pedestrian mall between two carriageways.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

ON EBAY!!! Vintage 1990s Guerlain Perfume Dramming Case

This is only the second known case that I have seen. This is a very rare, Guerlain perfume organ used across the United States in retail stores at some Guerlain perfume counters to dram perfume into mini bottles as a gift with a Guerlain perfume purchase in the early 1990's - 1996 to be exact. Each bottle size is approximately 8 fluid ounces, has a label, and a glass dropper with a rubber top.

 The faux blue leather box (outside measurements are 16 & 1/2 inches wide, 16 & 1/2 inches tall, and a little over 6 & 1/2 inches deep), the interior has an upper row and a lower row for the bottles, the inside back is a plastic mirror that has issues due to perfume being spilled during it's travels. Each bottle is held in place by a metal clamp secured against the back. There are slots for 24 bottles, however only 19 have survived over the years. There is a little dust on the inside due to age. The outside hinges and handle are in working order and in good condition. There are some nicks to the outside box and some of the covering on the outside bottom has worn off. The latches have a key hole, but no keys. Overall excellent condition.

The fragrances are as follows along with the date written on the label which is the date of the scent's creation;
  • Eau de Cologne Imperiale 1853 - 1/2 full
  • Shalimar 1925 - 7/8 full
  • Champs Elysees 1996 - 1/2 full
  • Samsara 1989 - 1/4 full
  • Mitsouko 1919 - 1/5 full
  • Jicky 1989 - almost 1/2 full
  • L'Heure Bleue 1912 - 1/3 full
  • Eau de Fleur de Cedrat 1920 - 1/4 full
  • Eau de Guerlain 1974 - 1/2 full
  • Eau de Cologne du Coq 1894 - over 1/2 full
  • Jardins de Bagatelle 1983 - 1/6 full
  • Vol du Nuit 1933 - 1/2 full
  • Chamade 1969 - 1/5 full
  • Apres L'Ondee 1906 - 1/2 full
  • Nahema 1979 - 1/3 full
  • Parure 1975 - almost 1/6 full
  • Habit Rouge 1965 - over 1/2 full (small chip on opening of bottle)
  • Vetiver 1959 - almost 1/3 full
  • Heritage 1992- 1/3 full (small chip on end of dropper)





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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Stalizia Grandiflora c1886

Stalizia Grandiflora by Guerlain: launched in 1886. Created by Aime Guerlain. It appears to be a scientific name for a flowering plant.


Thursday, February 5, 2015

ON EBAY!! Vintage 1940s A Travers Champs in Baccarat Quadrilobe Flacon with Box

ON EBAY!! Vintage 1940s A Travers Champs in Baccarat Quadrilobe Flacon with Box. This is a rare find and still has perfume inside.




Vintage A Travers Champs Parfum Extrait Flacon

ON EBAY! Vintage 2.7 oz Shalimar Parfum Extrait Bottle

Measuring approx. 6 3/8” tall x 4 1/4” wide x 2” deep (at the top), this is a huge vintage bottle of Shalimar perfume.


Vintage Shalimar 2.7 oz Parfum Extrait Flacon

ON EBAY! - L'Heure Bleue Wartime Bottle - Scarce

On eBay this week - Vintage Guerlain Perfume Bottle L' Heure Bleue, 80 CC War Time Edition 1938-1945. Bottle is 4 1/4" in height and 2 1/2" in width at largest point.  Bottle on base has paper label "80 CC".



L'Heure Bleue Wartime Flacon

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Gouttes Parfumées - Scented Pocket Drops

Guerlain's Gouttes Parfumées (Scented Pocket Drops) were small, pocket sized glass tubes holding perfume. The cylindrical vials were topped by ground glass ball stoppers. These bottles are very rare and can be very hard to find. They most likely date to around 1860s-1880s.

Some perfumes that could be found: Spring Flowers, Fleurs de Serre, Frangipane, and more.


Sunday, October 26, 2014

Lucite Perfume Tester Rack c1950s-1960s

This is a lucite tester rack which held five Guerlain fragrances that sat on a counter in a department store. It dates to the 1950s-1960s and has a simple futuristic look to it. It measures 27.9cm long.



Thursday, January 9, 2014

Oeillet 000 by Guerlain c1880

Oeillet 000 by Guerlain: launched in the 1880s. This perfume is also known as Triple Extract of Carnation. The 000 after the name means that this is a triple-strength floral extract.


Ebay Find - Liu in Mystery Bottle!!

"ULTRA RARE VINTAGE GUERLAIN PERFUME " LIU ".... GLASS BOTTLE WITH FROSTED STOPPER .... LAUNCHED IN 1927 .... UNKNOWN BOTTLE FOR GUERLAIN .... PERHAPS A LITTLE WAR PRODUCTION .... NEVER SEEN ON EBAY ....  SMALL SIZE 2/3  FULL AND SEALED WITH ORIGINAL BOX .... VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION FOR BOTH BOTTLE AND BOX .... SIZE OF THE BOTTLE IS 6,7 X 4,9 X 1,9 CM OR 2,6 X 1,9 X 0,75 INCH .... A MUSEUM BOTTLE FOR GUERLAIN COLLECTOR'S ...."








I have never seen this flacon used by Guerlain...ever....I am suspect of this flacon and even more so by the condition of the tax stamp on the base of the bottle. It looks as if it was wet and loosened from another bottle and affixed onto this one. The condition of the tax stamp should be near pristine as the rest of the bottle, the labels and the box. This bothers me.

Also, I believe that two labels were removed from two genuine Liu flacons and affixed to this bottle and box. A genuine Guerlain baudruchage was removed from a bottle and added to this bottle to "complete" it.  Look at the bottom edges of the label on the bottle, see how they have been dog eared?

I know that Guerlain did use different flacons over the years due to wartime shortages and special editions, but can someone please explain this one? Is it really a genuine Guerlain bottle and presentation or is it a cleverly made fake? I think the latter. I do not propose that the current seller did this, as he has had several genuine flacons over the years. I believe he may have purchased this from an unscrupulous seller at one time and himself was duped into believing that this is a rare example. Let me know  your thoughts.

Could this be the smaller limited edition Flacon Plat by Pochet et du Courval in 1929???...

Flacon Plat (Flat) c1910-1959

Limited edition flacons created by Baccarat and Pochet et du Courval. Housed various Guerlain fragrances such as Kadine, Djedi and L'Heure Bleue.

Baccarat:

  • 40cc/40ml/1.35 oz - 7.7cm/3.03" (limited edition of only 500 in 1916) 
  • 80cc/80ml/2.7 oz - (limited edition of only 500 in 1916) 


Pochet et du Courval:

  • 20ml/0.676 oz - 5.5cm/2.17" (1929)




now this is what the Liu flacon should look like...photo from Quirky Finds


Monday, July 29, 2013

Flacon Brun Fume (Brown Smoke) c1933 -?

Flacon Brun Fume (Brown Smoke) c1933 -?


Flacon designed by Raymond Guerlain and made by Baccarat to hold extraits of Candide Effluve, A Travers Champs and Guerlinade.  Baccarat flacon #744.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Jardins de Bagatelle c1983

Jardins de Bagatelle by Guerlain: launched in 1983. Created by Jean-Paul Guerlain. The name was taken after a beautiful garden in Paris located at the Bois de Boulogne, a chateau built in 1775 by the Comte d'Artois as a hunting retreat. The elegant garden is most known for its lush rose blossoms and the name "bagatelle" simply means "a thing created for pleasure", a trifle.



Monday, July 22, 2013

Shalimar Eau de Toilette






Shalimar Eau de Toilette c1980s. Peach colored box with an embossed zig zag pattern and gilded frame surrounded the perfume name and information. This is an unusual presentation and is not commonly seen up for sale.

photo by ebay seller doc1958


The footless Chauve Souris bottle was first used for Shalimar eau de toilette in 1995 and later was used for it's eau de cologne as well. The eau de toilette had a blue cap/stopper and the later versions of the eau de cologne had a frosted white cap/stopper.