EditorialWoman with a box of cosmetics and perfumes assisted by a slave with a fan from a Greek vase. Chromolithograph by Jules Cheret from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.
EditorialThe principal perfumes of the Hebrews: cinnamon Cinnamomum verum, balsam of Gilead Commiphora gileadensis, nard and Indian nard, Nardostachys jatamansi. After a 12th century Persian manuscript. Chromolithograph from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums...
EditorialDispensary and laboratory of an Arab perfumer chemist of the 12th century. From a Persian manuscript of the era. Chromolithograph from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.
EditorialFrontispiece from a French perfumery book, Barbe's L'origine des parfums, showing the barbaric operation of pricking a musk deer to obtain its blood. Lithograph from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.
EditorialTitle page showing a coat of arms and a woman holding a rose seated on a throne. Illustration by Jules Cheret from Eugene Rimmel's "Le Livre des Parfums," Paris, 1870.
EditorialFacsimile of a Japanese fashion plate showing hairstyles of men (chonmage) and women, Edo period. From the Hair-Dressers' Journal, Nagasaki. Chromolithograph by Jules Cheret from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.
EditorialWoman with a box of cosmetics and perfumes assisted by a slave with a fan from a Greek vase. Chromolithograph by Jules Cheret from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.
EditorialL'odorat or woman smelling a flower inside a border of roses, lilies and tulips. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Jules Cheret from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.
EditorialFlacons, pomanders and cassolettes, small containers for perfume and ambergris. Chromolithograph from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.