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A uranium glass flacon. A flacon (from Late Latin flasco, meaning "bottle"; cf. "flagon") is a small, often decorative, bottle.It has an opening seal or stopper and is designed to hold valuable liquids which may deteriorate upon contact with the air.
Chanel No. 5 is the first perfume launched by French couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in 1921. The scent formula for the fragrance was compounded by French-Russian chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux. The design of its bottle has been an important part of the product's branding.
A "number-making" company with perfumery equipment would use their own, one-style-for-all cheap bottle; de jure labeling a knock-off perfume as an "aroma in the direction of [the well-known perfume]" or a "version" of certain branded perfume. This way, the production costs of initially cheap scents are reduced, since the bottle is used neither ...
How much does that fancy $100-a-bottle department store perfume you wear really cost to make? The answer is one of the retail industry's dirty little secrets -- with good reason. If shoppers got a ...
The Perfume Trick We Swear By. Perfume lasts longer on moisturized skin, so it’s always a good idea to hydrate before applying. However, Vaseline takes it a step further by leaving a subtly ...
For a long time, perfumes were associated with the brand name on the bottle. [6] In 2,000, Frédéric Malle was the first to include on the bottles of the perfumes he launched the names of the perfumers who composed them, and who were considered by his house as their authors. In the following decade, perfumers became an integral part of ...
The first modern perfume, made of scented oils blended in an alcohol solution, was made in 1370 at the command of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary and was known throughout Europe as Hungary Water. The art of perfumery prospered in Renaissance Italy , and in the 16th century, Italian refinements were taken to France by Catherine de' Medici 's personal ...
Curious is Britney Spears' first fragrance developed in partnership with Elizabeth Arden. Created by Claude Dir, it debuted in the United States in September 2004, followed by a global release in March 2005. Curious received widespread acclaim. It became the top-selling fragrance of 2004, with sales exceeding $100 million. [1]