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Perfume

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Cosmetics
Cosmetics
Essences and essential oils
Odors
Toilet preparations
Odors
Essences and essential oils
Toilet preparations

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Images from the collections

Images about Perfume

29 images from works
  • Lavandula augustifolia (Lavender)
  • Forrester's Neuralgic Mixture : cures toothache and neuralgia. Never fails. One shilling bottles.
  • Laurus nobilis (Bay laurel)
  • Tanacetum Parthenium (Feverfew)
  • Price list - terms cash : fine old lavender water : British eau de cologne ... / Stanley & Co.
  • Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm)
  • [Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].
  • [Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].
  • [Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].
  • Calendula officinalis (Marigold)

Works from the collections

427 works

    • Books

    Export price list / Atkinson.

    J. & E. Atkinson Ltd. | Date: 1929
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Forrester's Neuralgic Mixture : cures toothache and neuralgia. Never fails. One shilling bottles.

    | Date: [between 1850 and 1899?]
    • Books

    Bericht VEB Schimmel, Miltitz bz. Leipzig über Ätherische öle, Riechstoffe, usw.

    Schimmel & Co. | Date: 1954
    • Ephemera

    Insignia olympian : aftershave lotion / Shulton.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 2010]
    • Books

    Plantes à parfums et plantes aromatiques / par Antonin Rolet.

    Rolet, Antonin, 1867- | Date: 1918

Related topics

Cosmetics
Herbal remedies
Cosmetics
Oils, Volatile
Soaps
Formulas, recipes, etc.
Soaps
Cosmetics
Medicine, Traditional
Medicine, Popular

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