Perfume Bottles

THE GREAT PERFUME HOUSES 39Chapter 12THE GREAT PERFUME HOUSESElizabeth Arden , whose real name wasFlorence Nightingale Graham, opened abeauty salon in New York City in 1910. Herfirst product was a cleansing cream. Shebegan marketing her own perfumes in about1915.Bourjois was established in 1863. Thefirm began marketing perfume in 1903.“Evening in Paris” was introduced in 1928in its signature cobalt blue bottle. It soonbecame a hugely popular and inexpensiveline presented in holders shaped as shoes,shells, hotel doors, famous landmarks,boats, wheelbarrows, ashtrays, and otherdesigns.6.5” It’s You for Elizabeth Arden in clear figuralhand holding a bottle with a blue ringand blue flower stopper, sealed with hangtags, Baccarat signed and numbered, lackingdome, c1938 $1200-15002.75” Evening in Paris by Bourjois in cobaltbottle with silver triangular label and frostedupright stopper with its star shaped box,c1928 $75-1001.8” Blue Grass in its replica miniature bottlewith two labels, c1934 $110-1252” Evening in Paris cobalt mini with silver trianglelabel in blue Bakelite owl case, c1928$100-225Caron was founded in 1903, and itsfamous scent, “Narcisse Noir,” wasintroduced in 1912.