Object Details
- Bourjois, Inc.
- Description
- Ernest Beaux created the perfume “Soir de Paris” (“Evening in Paris”) for French perfumer Bourjois in 1928. Established in Paris in 1863 to manufacture make up and face powders, Bourjois has been making perfume since 1900. “Evening in Paris” was originally sold in a cobalt blue bottle designed by Jean Helleu. The scent was discontinued in the late 1960s, and revived and reformulated by Chanel in the early 1990s.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
- ca 1940s-1950s
- ID Number
- 1979.0798.257
- accession number
- 1979.0798
- catalog number
- 1979.0798.257
- Object Name
- fragrance
- Other Terms
- Cosmetics; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 in; 11.43 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- United States: New York, New York City
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Fragrance
- American Enterprise
- Beauty and Health
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_716382
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-445b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
