Evening in Paris Cologne
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940s-1950s
name: label: maker
content: Bourjois, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Fragrance
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0798.257
label: accession number
content: 1979.0798
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0798.257
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fragrance
label: Other Terms
content: Cosmetics; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 in; 11.43 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.54 cm