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Showing posts with label flacon louis xvi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flacon louis xvi. Show all posts

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Aux Bon Vieux Temps c1890

Au Bon Vieux Temps by Guerlain: launched in 1890. Created by Jacques Guerlain. The name means "The Good Old Times" and recalls the scents of the old potpourri jars (sweet jars) found in homes and the heavy musk worn by so many in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.  

Friday, March 28, 2014

Flacon Louis XVI c1902-2002

Flacon Louis XVI c1902-2002

Flacon created by Pochet et du Courval to hold extraits of Apres L'Ondee, Muguet, Mouchoir de Monsieur, Violette a deux Sous, Aux Bon Vieux Temps, Sillage, Avril en Fleurs, Ai Loe and others. Flacon has also been used for special limited editions such as Chamade. The original box is white, cylindrically shaped and has Guerlain Paris in gold leaf.

  • 30cc/30ml/1 oz - 9cm/3.54" (1924) amended 30ml/1 oz (1983-2002)
  • 40cc/40ml/1.35 oz - 9cm/3.54" (1950-1959)
  • 75cc/75ml/2.5 oz - 11.3cm/4.45" (1971)
  • 80cc/80ml/2.7 oz - 11.3cm/4.45" (1902-1962)
  • 125cc/125ml/4.2 oz - 12.8cm/5.04" (1903-1965)
  • 250cc/250ml/8.4 oz - 16.4cm/6.46" (1904-1959)
  • 500cc/500ml/16.9 oz - 21.5cm/8.46" (1907-1959)
  • 1 liter/1000ml- 25.5cm/10.04" (1920-1959)
























Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Ebay find! Apres L'Ondee by Guerlain

Ebay find!

Apres L'Ondee by Guerlain early 1980s, limited edition extrait in Louis XVI bottle. I can't make out the batch numbers on the base of the bottle, perhaps the seller can enlighten us.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-GUERLAIN-Apres-Londee-Perfume-SEALED-and-BOXED-/271268016139?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f28d5700b

photo by ebay seller voldenuit2

The same seller has another Apres L'Ondee, also in the Louis XVI flacon, dates after 1983.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-GUERLAIN-Apres-Londee-Perfume-SEALED-and-BOXED-/271267967589?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f28d4b265

photos by ebay seller voldenuit2

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Apres L'Ondee c1906

Apres L'Ondee: (After the Shower), created by Jacques Guerlain in 1906 based on the formula for Voilette de Madame. Pronounced "AHPRAY-LUNDAY."

Though I have seen Apres L'Ondee perfume referenced as being made in 1898 in two different publications (Comment un nom devient une griffe, by Lucien Francois, 1961).

Its inspiration was the unique smell of a spring-time garden after a downpour, smell of wet leaves and flowers warmed by the sunshine.


Friday, February 1, 2013

Chamade c1969

Chamade was created by Jean-Paul Guerlain in 1969, and it was inspired by the Francoise Sagan's novel “La Chamade”. In the time of Napoleon, ‘chamade’ was a very fast drumbeat that called to retreat.

"Chamade—The start of a love story is something as small as a moment's heartfall. Guerlain named Chamade after that moment."





Sillage by Guerlain c1907

Sillage: created by Jacques Guerlain in 1906, and in the USA in 1907. In French its name refers to the wake of a ship, and the trail of fragrance when someone walks by. The perfume was originally created as a man's perfume.


An excerpt from the publication, La Vielle Lumiere from 1909:
"Perfumery at that time was far from what it is now, and Guerlain was the promoter of the items that we ... his new creations: Jicky, Apres L'Ondee, Sillage, are fashionable TODAY."