Showing posts with label Egyptian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egyptian. Show all posts

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Nysis by Agra c1919

Nysis by Agra Parfumeur: launched in 1919. Nysis was a line that included perfume, toilet water, cold cream, talc, face powder, vanishing cream, and soap.

The packaging is emblazoned with a wonderful Egyptian style woman's head wit long black hair.  Themes featuring any sort of Egyptomania was very popular during the 1920s. You can see from the advertisements below that the Egyptian theme was carried out by showing some Egyptian maidens to the upper right side of the ads. These were from a 1920 issue of Cosmopolitan.

Nysis has been discontinued since the 1920s. The products are very collectible, with the perfume and toilet water the most expensive and rare, while the face powder and the talcum tin are common.


 




Sunday, April 6, 2014

Les Parfums Amiot

Amiot et Cie of 68 rue de Rivoli, Paris, was established in 1862, company sold fragrances, cosmetics and toiletries. Later known as Les Parfums Amiot.



Sunday, November 17, 2013

Zutz Cosmetics Company

The Zutz Cosmetics Company was started by Henry E. and Julia Zutz in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1923. They made by hand, a variety of women's perfumes and cosmetics in small batches for specialty shops of their time.

Henry was trained as a pharmacist and worked in that field for years before starting his own cosmetics company.

They ceased production completely by 1946.



Thursday, September 5, 2013

Venetian Ceruse

Today women are scrambling for products that promote skin whitening, to remove blemishes, scars and unevenness of the skin tone. Much of the skin flaws are caused by acne, accidental scars, and too much sun exposure. Few know that this cosmetic was in use for centuries by many types of people, especially the wealthy.



Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Elizabeth Arden Treasures of the Pharaohs Vanity Collectibles


For Christmas 1982, Elizabeth Arden offered her Blue Grass bath line in beautiful porcelain vanity
accessories. These accessories had an exotic theme, Ancient Egypt. The line was dubbed "Treasures of the Pharaohs" and was based on some actual ancient artifacts found in tombs of the pharaohs and nobles.

I have compiled a list of items included in the line:
  • Double headed ibex boat held three shell shaped soaps.
  • Horus the falcon powder jar
  • Frog pomander
  • Cat shaped bath salts trinket box
  • Camel shaped bath salts trinket box
  • Hippo shaped candle holder with lid
  • Dresser tray decorated with lotus motifs
  • Cat shaped pomander
  • Bird pomander
  • Duck shaped soap dish
  • Egyptian sarcophagus shaped dresser jar with bath salts
  • Lotus shaped candle holder with lid.
  • Ibis bird box
  • Lotus decorated jar/lid (four petal top, jagged edges, half circle knob)
  • Lotus decorated small jar/lid candle holder, (four petal top, smooth edges, flower knob)
  • Lotus decorated tall jar for bath crystals, with round stopper, rounded bottom, on 3 leg brass stand
  • Tall vase shaped jar with blue triangle design, with double lotus stopper
  • Small round dish with lotus
  • Queen Nefertari decorative bust on stand
If you have something that is not listed, let me know and I will update the list. Thanks to Pam for helping me update the list.


photo by ruby lane seller GreatVintageStff

Photo from Perfume Bottles Auction



Sunday, June 9, 2013

Vintage Perfumes with Egyptian Themes

Just before the turn of the century, perfume companies began marketing perfumes, cosmetics and powder boxes with ancient Egyptian themes. These little luxuries were one way for the average woman to bring some of the exotic into her boudoir.


Thursday, May 16, 2013

Ahmed Soliman and Shimy Brothers Perfumes

In this guide I will introduce you to the world of the vintage perfumes by Ahmed Soliman & the Shimy Brothers Perfume Companies of Egypt.

These two competitors catered to the higher end of the tourist trade. Both Ahmed Soliman & the Shimy Brothers perfumes are very rare finds today, and command very high prices when offered at auction. From the pictures below, you can see the various types of perfume bottles that can be found.


Welcome!

This is not your average perfume blog. In each post, I present perfumes or companies as encyclopedic entries with as much facts and photos as I can add for easy reading and researching without all the extraneous fluff or puffery.

Please understand that this website is not affiliated with any of the perfume companies written about here, it is only a source of reference. I consider it a repository of vital information for collectors and those who have enjoyed the classic fragrances of days gone by. Updates to posts are conducted whenever I find new information to add or to correct any errors.

One of the goals of this website is to show the present owners of the various perfumes and cologne brands that are featured here how much we miss the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back these fragrances!

Please 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 what occasion, any specific memories, what it reminded you of, maybe a relative wore it, or you remembered seeing the bottle on their vanity table, did you like the bottle design), who knows, perhaps someone from the company brand might see it.

Also, if you have any information not seen here, please comment and share with all of us.

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