Set in a Parisian arcade during the Golden Age of Perfume, the Passageway tells the tale of some of the most influential perfume houses of all time. Their dedication to quality and innovation in fragrance, product design, and business practices set the stage for all that followed. Storefronts chronicle the changing times, but the beauty, luxury, and grandeur of the collection is timeless.
Mens' grooming products in a variety of scents. In the early 1900s, the personal “safety razor” was invented, making it much easier to shave at home.
“Little Miss Vanity” c.1890. A young girl stands beside a lace and rosette-trimmed, mirrored vanity table. Leopold Lambert (1854-1935).
Mimicking a magnum of champagne, Caron introduced Bain de Champagne in 1924, when Prohibition laws banned alcohol in the United States.
Coty was the first to mass-produce glass bottles designed specifically for his perfumes, and the first to market perfumes to middle and working-class women.