Perfume Collection

Advert for Soiree perfume as used by Lilan Davies, the opera singer, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for Yardleys Lavender
Yardleys Lavender - The best loved perfume for many generations, modern youth delights in the beauty and freshness of its delightful fragrance. A 1920s woman holding up the perfume bottle. 1929

Yardley advertisement, 1962
Advertisement for the Lavender range of fragrances and bathroom products by Yardley, featuring an illustration of a pensive woman with large doe eyes. Date: 1962

Perfume advertisement for Guerlain Mitsouko
Striking advertisement for the classic Guerlain fragrance, Mitsouko, asking, " Are you her type?"

Advert / Schiaparelli 1938
Schiaparelli " Shocking" - perfume, powder and lipstick

Persia, 1912. Artist: Georges Barbier
Persia, 1912. Illustration from The Art of Perfume, 1912. Pochoir print

Hamemalis Mollis (Witch Hazel)
Hamemalis (or Hamamelis) Mollis (Witch Hazel), a large shrub or small tree of the Hamamelidaceae family, native to areas of China

Advert for Vega perfume by Guerlain 1937
An advertisement for the Guerlain perfume Vega. A woman resembling the statue of liberty with red lips stares out from the page. Date: 1937

Trang Tien (or Truong Tien) bridge from above in Hue, Vietnam

Perfume bottles, from thes Maw & Sons catalogue Date: 1903

Advert for Jean Patou perfume, 1926, Paris
Art deco advert for Jean Patou perfume, 1926, Paris Date: 1920s

David Wright woman in short black underslip
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair

Advertisement for Rigaud perfumes, featuring a semi-naked woman inhaling the aroma from a bottle of scent. 1924

Maison Guerlain, Paris
Exterior of the Maison Guerlain perfume house in Paris, France

Advert / 4711 Cologne Ils
4711 Eau de Cologne - perfect elegance

Caricature of Coco Chanel (1883-1971) in a bottle of Chanel No
CHT182678 Caricature of Coco Chanel (1883-1971) in a bottle of Chanel No.5, from Le Nouvel Monde

The Artist at Work by Fred Pegram
Colour illustration by Fred Pegram of a red-haired woman at her dressing-table, applying a mist of perfume from a bottle

Coffee, Coffea arabica, close up of flower with beans forming behind

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Women taking roses to make rose water wi
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Women taking roses to make rose water with its petals. Folio 93r

The Perfumers Costume (colour engraving)
XIR154617 The Perfumers Costume (colour engraving) by Bonnart, Nicolas (c.1646-1718); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Freesia, Close up of yellow coloured flower growing outdoor.----

France, Provence Alps Cote d Azur, Haute Provence, Valensole Plateau, single tree and Lavender Field

The Whale, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Whale, c1850

Trade catalogue of womens perfume sprays 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a page crystal cut glass and diamond cut perfume sprays bottles. Date: 1911

Elizabeth Arden Soaps advertisement, 1940
Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden Soaps. A little luxury a woman earned after a hard day during the Second World War

Morny Freres June Roses Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Morny Freres Limited, London based chemist-perfumers. The image promotes a range of toilet products fragrant with parfum, June Roses

Advert for Morny Perfumes, emphasisng their British provenance. Date: 1932

E W Hoyt and Co, perfume manufacturers, advertisement (chromolitho)
7154216 E W Hoyt and Co, perfume manufacturers, advertisement (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: E W Hoyt and Co, perfume manufacturers)

Advertisement for Nuit de Noel perfume by Caron, Paris. 1929

Advertisement, Morny Paris perfume, Essence Mysterieuse. 1918

Picking orange flowers for making perfume
People picking orange flowers for the manufacture of perfume on the Cote d Azur, France. Date: circa 1905

The idea of blue fragrance - flowers, fabric, scent, glass, credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Advert for Yardley Lavender 1932
Yardley Lavender, The lovable gift most welcome and acceptable of all delightful things at Christmas time. Date: 1932

Tosca advertisement
The illustration features a light and airy ballroom filled with balloons and dancers in costume, including, centrally, a Pierrot

Mirrored Dressing Table
A graceful & elegant woman sits on an upholstered leather chair at a stylish art deco mirrored dressing table with a bottle of scent, candlesticks & looking glass

A woman examining an invitation, Salon des Cent
6279920 A woman examining an invitation, Salon des Cent by Rocher, E. (fl.c.1895); (add.info.: Salon des Cent, advertisement poster); Photo © Barbara Singer

Aveu fragrance advert
Advertisement for Aveu perfume by Roger and Gallet depicting a couple in glamorous evening dress dancing intimately together. Date: 1948

A boat station at Perfume River (Huong river) near Thien Mu pagoda, Hue, Vietnam
Hue is old capital of Vietnam and a UNESCO World Heritage site

Glass Perfume Bottle
A swinging scent spray: A scent spray which swings on a pivot is a useful and decorative novelty and an ideal last minute Christmas present. Date: 1936

Perfuming probable prizewinners: dog show perfume, 1911
A patient Pomeranian stands on a folding chair while being squirted with perfume at the Ealing and District Canine Society dog show. Date: 1911

1950S Woman & Make-Up
A brunette woman in a pink and black spotted dress sits at her dressing table going through her beauty routine. Products include nail varnish, lipstick and perfume

Fleurs Eau De Cologne
A striking art deco label for Eau de Cologne aux Fleurs

Young and sexy naked woman with rose flowers instead of underwear Young and sexy naked woman with rose flowers instead of underwear

Perfume bottle, polychrome hard porcelain
DGA761565 Perfume bottle, polychrome hard porcelain, height 6.5 cm, Antonibon manufacture, Parolin management, Nove, Bassano, Veneto

Perfume bottle with double reserve
DGA762144 Perfume bottle with double reserve, 1840-1850, porcelain, Parisian manufacture. France, 19th century.; © A. Dagli Orti / © NPL - DeA Picture Library

Perfume manufacture. Grasse, 1930's (photo)
PVD1695510 Perfume manufacture. Grasse, 1930's (photo); (add.info.: Perfume manufacture : flowers soaking. Grasse, France, 1930's.); PVDE

Christmas gifts for 1953 including Hermes fragrance
A selection of Christmas gifts in The Tatler, 1963. Suggestions include leather-bound copies of books including War and Peace, a pack of tarot cards and a bottle of Eau d'Hermes perfume

A variety of Advertisements from 1904 Date: 1904

Beauty products for gifts for New Years. Date: 1895

Advert for Tsang-Ihang - Perfume 1924
Grossmith's Tsang-Ihang sweet perfume from Thibet, available with toilet cream and face powder. Date: 1924

Advert for Tsang-Ihang - Perfume 1924
Grossmith's Tsang-Ihang sweet perfume from Thibet, also available face powder and toilet cream. Date: 1924

Advert for Wana Ranee - Oriental Fragrance 1920
Oriental Fragrance with a floral extract, available from J. Grossmith & Son, Ltd. Date: 1920

Alabastron, 200-1 BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 200-1 BC. Blue Perfume Flask with Yellow Zigzags

Alabastron, 200-1 BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 200-1 BC. Blue Perfume Flask with Zigzags. Additional Info: Core formed: a core of organic and inorganic materials shaped on the end of a rod to the dimensions of the interior

Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Blue Perfume Flask with Zigzags

Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Brown Perfume Flask with Zigzags

Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Perfume Flask with a Feather Pattern

Alabastron, 2nd-1st century BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 2nd-1st century BC. Perfume Flask with a Feather Pattern. Additional Info: Core-formed, opaque black glass alabastron decorated with a vertically combed feather pattern in opaque white

Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. White Perfume Flask with Zigzags

Alabastron, 4th-1st century BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 4th-1st century BC. Additional Info: A small, core-formed alabastron of opaque black glass. It is decorated with yellow threads that have been combed

Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Additional Info: Core-formed, opaque white alabastron decorated with combed zig-zag decoration in purple

Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Blue Perfume Flask with Attached Chain

Alabastron, 2nd-1st century BC. Creator: Unknown
Alabastron, 2nd-1st century BC. Perfume Flask with a Feather Pattern

Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Perfume Flask with Zigzags. Additional Info: Core-formed, dark blue-green amphoriskos

Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Two Perfume Flasks. Additional Info: Core-formed, black amphoriskos decorated with a white thread around the edge of the mouth and a small thread on the knob foot

Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. White Perfume Flask with Zigzags. Additional Info: Core-formed, opaque white amphoriskos with a combed zig-zag pattern around the body in violet

Core-formed Dark Blue Amphoriskos, 3rd-1st century BC. Creator: Unknown
Core-formed Dark Blue Amphoriskos, 3rd-1st century BC. Additional Info: Blue perfume flask with flat rim, white thread on the neck and combed decoration (yellow and white) on the body

Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Additional Info: Core-formed, dark blue amphoriskos with a ribbed body and a combed zig-zag pattern in bright, opaque yellow

Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Additional Info: Core-formed, dark blue amphoriskos with combed, zig-zag pattern in white and yellow around the upper body

Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Additional Info: Core-formed, dark green amphoriskos with a combed zig-zag pattern in white and turquoise

Amphoriskos, 2nd-1st century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 2nd-1st century BC

Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Creator: Unknown
Amphoriskos, 6th-4th century BC. Additional Info: Core-formed, dark red-brown amphoriskos with a combed, opaque white, zig-zag pattern around the upper body

Frangipani
Sue Skellern

Frangipani Tangle
Sue Skellern

Kowhai
Sue Skellern

Kowhai Tangle
Sue Skellern

Manuka
Sue Skellern

Manuka Tangle
Sue Skellern

Pohutukawa
Sue Skellern

Pohutukawa Tangle
Sue Skellern

Oz Wildflowers
Sue Skellern

Oz Wildflowers Tangle
Sue Skellern

Groovy Doggie #2
Sue Skellern

Terracotta perfume vessels in the shape of a fat dwarf
UIG3079175 Terracotta perfume vessels in the shape of a fat dwarf; (add.info.: Terracotta perfume vessels in the shape of a fat dwarf. From ancient Greece)

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"Captivating Fragrances: A Journey Through Time and Scent" Step back in time to the enchanting Yardley advertisement of 1962, where elegance and sophistication were embodied by their exquisite perfumes. The Hamemalis Mollis (Witch Hazel) infused scent takes us on a mystical journey through nature's wonders. Transport yourself to the bustling Trang Tien bridge in Hue, Vietnam, as you catch a glimpse of its majestic beauty from above. Amidst this breathtaking view, perfume bottles glisten like precious gems, promising an olfactory experience unlike any other. Travel further back in time to Paris in 1926 with an advert for Jean Patou perfume. It captures the essence of French allure and refinement that has captivated generations. Meanwhile, Lilian Davies embraces her inner glamour with Soiree perfume - a fragrance that exudes confidence and sensuality. Witness the timeless ritual of putting on lipstick through David Wright's artistry. As she delicately applies it, her senses are heightened by the alluring aroma emanating from Schiaparelli's iconic perfume bottle from 1938. Immerse yourself in nostalgia as you explore Vega perfume by Guerlain from 1937; its intoxicating blend evokes memories long forgotten yet cherished dearly. And who can resist the allure of a woman clad in a short black underslip? David Wright effortlessly captures her seductive charm while highlighting the power of fragrance to enhance one's femininity. Finally, we come across an advert for 4711 Cologne Ils - a classic cologne that has stood the test of time since its inception. Its invigorating scent leaves an indelible mark on those who wear it or encounter its captivating aura. Perfume is more than just a product; it is an embodiment of memories, emotions, and self-expression throughout history. These hints offer glimpses into different eras and cultures where fragrances have played a significant role in defining personal identity and leaving an unforgettable impression.