Packaging in the 19th century

What can we learn from the past?

This brief historical overview of the evolution of beauty packaging has been created in collaboration with the Musée International de la Parfumerie (MIP) and Collector, Anne the Thoisy-Dallem.

If you want to learn more about beauty, perfumery you could always plan a visit in the South of France.

Here is our selection of historic beauty items, to help you get inspiration for your next product development.

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A smooth face, a sparkling complexion, soft, white hands, a mouth with delicately smelling breath, a carefully powdered wig: these were the most important criteria of bodily elegance the authors of treatises on perfumery insisted on.

To achieve this, a whole panoply of products was available.