Showing posts with label fragonard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fragonard. Show all posts

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Gamin by Carmel Myers c1958

 Gamin by Carmel Myers: launched in 1958 in association with Fragonard. The name Gamin translates to "mischievous".

Carmel Myers was a an early star of Hollywood, appearing in silent films and some of the first talkies alongside handsome icons such as Lionel Barrymore, Douglas Fairbanks and the sheik himself, Rudy Valentino. Her first role was at the tender age of 14, although she never would reveal exactly what year that was, secretly guarding her true age. Soon after appearing in film, her beauty worked in her favor and she began to get the most sought after roles, the seductive vamp. She later reminisced about the old days, "I suppose Theda Bara was the first 'vamp'. At first we were very obvious in our portrayals. Garbo was a new kind of vamp, because she acted in 'half-tones'."






Saturday, January 4, 2014

Vintage La Castillere French Scent Perfume Bottles

This guide is about those mini perfumes that are marked "Made in France" on the base. These bottles are frequently found on the internet, but finding any sort of information about them is close to nil, I have included all that I could find. I always assumed these were from the 1920s-1940s period, however while doing some extensive research, I was able to find the true date of their production.





Wednesday, November 20, 2013

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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