E. Pinaud Eau De Quinine Compound Hair Tonic
date: label: date made
content: 1894-1960
name: label: maker
content: Pinaud, E. D.
notes: label: Description
content: Eau de Quinine compound hair tonic was introduced in the 1850s by Ed. Pinaud’s (Edouard Pinaud), a Paris parfumerie. Advertisements indicate that the product was sold into the 1960s. Quinine is a toxic alkaloid derived from the cinchona tree. When heavily diluted, it was used in hair products, specifically as a treatment for hair loss.
label: Description
content: Pinaud’s was advertised as the favorite hair dressing of "Cultured Women" and the only tonic "used by the crowned heads of Europe." It was an "indispensable preparation for the refined toilet" with a "delicate fragrance that overpowers the unpleasant effects of excessive oiliness on the scalp."
label: Description
content: Pinaud’s product was imported to the United States from France and many barbers apparently tried to pass off domestic preparations as genuine Eau de Quinine. In the mid-1920s, Pinaud filed an injunction against companies making the counterfeit product.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: Hair Care Products
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Hair Care and Enhancement
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content: Hair Care Products
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0782.357
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0782.357
label: accession number
content: 1984.0782
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair tonic
label: Object Name
content: hair care product
label: Object Type
content: Cosmetics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 15.5575 cm x 4.445 cm