Perfume & Vanity items from the 1800s to 2000

ID 1270 Coty Les Muses 1 oz Eau de Parfum Click on each photo for larger view of it Beautiful perfume from the 1970s. available Price: $ 110

ID 1499 Givenchy L'interdit 1/2 oz Parfum with box Click on each photo for larger view of it L'Interdit was secretly created in 1954 and was worn only by actress Audrey Hepburn, to whom it was given as a gift by Hubert de Givenchy, who had dressed her. The word interdit is French for "forbidden." The parfumeur behind this feminine aldehydic-floral fragrance was Francis Fabron (1913–2005). It has a delicate, floral, powdery aroma. It contains notes of rose, jasmine, violet and, at the heart, a blend of woods and grasses. This is a rare, original formula 1/2 oz parfum still sealed but has some evaporation. I would say this is from the late 1970s. available Price: $ 75

ID 1407 Guerlain Parure 1/4 oz Parfum NIB Click on each photo for larger view of it This box is still sealed with cellophane. There is no bar code on the box which indicates it is pre-1989. It is the old black and white zig zag box, which was discontinued in the 1980s. The bottle inside is the quadrilobe design. Parure by Guerlain is a Chypre Fruity fragrance for women. Parure was launched in 1975. The nose behind this fragrance was Jean-Paul Guerlain, which he created for his mother. It was discontinued due to Jean-Paul refusing to reformulate it without oakmoss. Top notes are Plum, Green Notes, Bergamot, Fruity Notes and Citruses Middle notes are Rose, Narcissus, Orris Root, Lilac, Lily-of-the-Valley and Jasmine Base notes are Oakmoss, Leather, Spices, Patchouli and Amber. Parure is a wonder and a chypre for the die-hard chypre lover. Extremely rare to find a bottle any longer. available Price: $ 150

ID 1491 Guerlain Mitsouko 1/2 oz Parfum with box Click on each photo for larger view of it 1960s 1/2 oz Amphora bottle, also referred to as the Bud Bottle. Small amount of evaporation. Bottle is sealed and still has the cellophane around the stopper. Great perfume. 1960s was a great time for Mitsouko, with loads of oakmoss! Yum! French tax stamp on bottom of bottle. Listed Price: $ 200

ID 1435 Lorie Perfumers Jasmine of Southern France 1/2 oz Ultra Rare 1927 Parfum Click on each photo for larger view of it Lorie Perfumers was located in LA, CA in the 1920s and they launched fragrances and toiletries using Czechoslovakian bottles. Jasmine of Southern France perfume was first released around 1927. I usually don't recommend a jasmine perfume more than 50 years old. They turn rancid smelling. But this is truly the best smelling jasmine and I have smelled. When Chanel created Chanel No 5 in 1921 they used the best jasmine from Grasse, France. Once they started to use that jasmine, they had to continue to maintain the exact composition. And so they bought most of the jasmine produced in Grasse, leaving only jasmine from India and Greece for other perfume houses. Even today, in Grasse, there is very little production of jasmine flowers available to other perfume houses, it is reserved almost exclusively for Chanel. It is harvested by the Mul family who owns large plantations in Grasse. This perfume is undoubtedly Jasmine Grandiflorum. A type of jasmine that is so expensive no one can even afford to use it in commercial perfumes. Today, the price for a soliflor Jasmine Grandiflorum perfume would retail for at least $2,000 an oz. I am not joking here. Now you know why no one can reproduce Chanel No 5. Knock-offs have to use the lesser quality of jasmine and it is obviously not as good as what Chanel produces. available Price: $ 150

ID 1454 Avon Perfume Oil Petites 3 Heart shaped bottles in a box Click on each photo for larger view of it This is a wonderful presentation with really cute bottles from the 1950s. Unused and in excellent condition. available Price: $ 20

ID 1197 Avon Far Away 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum NIB Click on each photo for larger view of it This is a legendary Avon fragrance, and has a serious following through the years. People who were exposed to this young, still wear it regularly. I was exposed to Emeraude and Shalimar when I was young, and so those are my go to scents. But I understand that if you wore this when young, you would go on wearing it. It is a beautiful perfume and let's face it, cheap. What a great bargain for a beautiful perfume. I smell vanilla and powder and florals. Great warm weather perfume! This is new and unused. Try it, you will like it. available Price: $ 8

ID 161 BERNARD LALANDE Parfums de France PERFUME BOX SET Click on each photo for larger view of it Includes 8 mini bottles of high end pure perfume. Each bottle is 2.5 ml. Includes Ambre, Jasmine, Vert, Irise, Chypre, Muguet, Tubereuse, and Rose. Some evaporation, especially the Jasmine. But collection is unused and in pristine condition. Includes outer box. available Price: $ 40