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Monday, July 25, 2016

Platine by Dana c1938

Platine by Dana: launched in 1938 in France and in USA by 1939.

The name means "platinum" and the bottles had silvery platinum foil flakes floating inside to resemble platinum. The fragrance was also released in Spanish-speaking countries as Platino.

Sunday, March 6, 2016

20 Carats by Dana c1933

20 Carats was first introduced in 1933 by Dana who launched Tabu just one year before. Originally only sold in their Parisian boutique, 20 Carats may have only been introduced to American women during this time by soldiers returning from duty in France, bringing home perfumes for their sweethearts, sisters and mothers.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Reve D'Or by LT Piver c1889

Reve D’Or by LT Piver was originally launched in 1889 as a woman’s cologne.

Its French name translates as “dream of gold” or "Golden Dreams" and was named after the particular breed of roses with butterscotch and cream petals.

In 1905 it was slightly reformulated and incorporated methyl aldehyde to give it a sparkling top note. The parfum extrait was reformulated in 1926 by Louis Armingeat.



Monday, November 18, 2013

Cocaina en Flor by Parera c1933

The Ethnographic Museum of Don Benito has chosen as part of October, the perfume Cocaina en Fleur "Cocaine in bloom" .

This perfume belongs to the brand Parera, founded in 1912 by Albert Parera i Casanova, representing the Catalan perfume industry and father of a male fragrance as legendary as Dandy.

The cologne "Cocaina en Flor" was born in 1933, driven by a strong newspaper advertising campaign, from ads found in magazines such as "Stamp" or "World Chart" to the continued presence in national newspapers such as ABC.




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