Poster, ‘Gellé Frères’

Gellé Frères is a perfume and cosmetics maker founded in Paris in 1826. They participated in the 1889 Universal Exhibitions in Paris, and received numerous awards.

Poster, Parfumerie Erizma ‘Lotion de Médicis’

Poster, ‘L. T. Piever’
By Pierre de Belair

L. T. Piever’s origins lie in a perfume shop that opened in 1774. In 1823, Louis Toussaint Piver inherited the business, and the company made a new start as L. T. Piver. It continues to produce perfumes today. L. T. Piver. Is known for its wide range of products, including toilet water and soap. At its peak, it had more than a hundred branch stores throughout the world.

General Toiletries Catalogue of L. T. Piver (cutout)

The Piver sample catalogues of its products were quite elaborately produced. First, lithographs of the shapes of the perfume bottles and other containers were printed, at actual size. Then the image of each bottle was cut out from the lithograph and glued to a mat; then the actual label for the product wad glued over it. For some products, shading was applied to give a three-dimensional sense of the container.

Poster, ‘Les Parfums Cheramy’

Advertisement, Isabey ‘MON SEUL AMI’
By Léonard Foujita