In the 1950s, the decade that brought us TV dinners and Elvis, women wooed men with scents called Hope, Ambush and Intimate. Twenty years later, with the women's movement in full swing, marketing experts reflected that with fragrances like Charlie, Blazer and Woman. Annette Green, president of The Fragrance Foundation, an industry group, worked for years to develop the museum, which opened in November. She said it's the first of its kind in America. Similar fragrance museums exist in Paris and Oita Island in Japan.
Admission is free.
Compiled from wire and other sources by Journal Sentinel staff. Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on March 5, 2000. Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved.