Fleurs de Serre by Guerlain: launched in 1879. Created by Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain
Fragrance Composition:
hot house flowers
De wereldtentoonstelling van 1878 te Parijs, 1878:
"GUERLAIN DE PARIS 15 rue de la Paix - Highly recommended and vogue articles: Eau de Cologne Impériale, Sapoceti toilet soap, Crême saponin, Ambrosial cream for the beard, Crême de Fraises to soften the skin, Poudre de Cypris for the skin white, the luxurious Crystallized Stilboid for the beard and hair, Eau Athénienne and Eau Lustrale to perfume and wash the head. For the handkerchief: Shore's Caprice, Parfum de France, Fleurs Nouvelles, Pao Rosa, Fleurs de Serre, Bouquet Imperial Russe. For the toilette: Eau de Cédrat and Eau de Chypre."
Journal des demoiselles, 1878:
"MAISON GUERLAIN PERFUMERIES 15 rue de la Paix. After the winter breeze, the fatigue of balls and parties and the sudden changes in March temperature, many young women and girls have a tired complexion. We hire them to restore the radiance and freshness of the face by using strawberry cream which they will use as a cold cream for the hands, velvet paste and la ferté balm for the lips. These preparations from Guerlain can be used with confidence and those of our readers who will use them will only have to praise them. One piece of advice that Monsieur Guerlain urges me to give to my readers is to never put rice powder on the face smeared with cold cream but to use these two cosmetics alternately. The rice powder must be fine enough to adhere to the skin without cold cream, it arises with the puff and is removed by rubbing gently with the hand. Young women who perfume their handkerchief will choose the new perfumes: Fleurs de Serre and Pao - Rosa; the latter is a little more accentuated. The perfume of France, the Russian Imperial Bouquet are always in fashion."
Bottles:
Cylindrical perfume bottle tester or purse flacon for Fleurs de Serre, most likely dates to1870s-1880s
Fate of the Fragrance:
Discontinued, date unknown
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