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» February 5, 2012 News Releasedrom Frangrances celebrates 100 Years!
drom Fragrances, the international "juice maker" for clients such as Yves St. Laurent, Pucci, Montblanc, Guess, Escada and Roger & Gallet, is celebrating 100 years of success.
Celebrations were held in Paris and New York where many examples of antique and vintage perfume bottles from the company's own museum were exhibited. Pictured here is an example of bottles in a tortoise shell holder.
IPBA International Vice President Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg was in attendance in Paris. He contributed a tribute piece to the company's memorabilia book - a goodie-bag give-away to the party guests. IPBA President Susan Arthur and Member Joan Walter represented IPBA at the New York event in October 2011. Their adventures are reported in the 2012 Spring issue of the Perfume Bottle Quarterly. The drom Fragrances memorabilia book is in the IPBA Lending Library.
drom originally started in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry in 1911. Grandsons of the founder, brothers Drs. Ferdinand and Andreas Storp, are now co-Presidents and are bringing a fresh look and feel to the company as they explore new technology and ways to bring fragrance to the world. Futuristic as it may sound, projects on their horizon include video stations, slot machines and game consoles with fragrance adapters, seats in movie theaters that emit fragrance, fragrant emails, and corporate-fragrant identities for clients.
Perfume Library Available on CD
The fabulous perfume library of IPBA Archivist, Helen Farnsworth, is now available for purchase on CD. This archival material has been compiled by Helen over a period of 30 years and includes perfume catalogs, advertising, and a database of over 26,000 perfume entries on 597 pages. The database with worldwide coverage contains company names, presentation names, perfume names, trade names, line names, distributors, perfumers, locations and dates. The library is contained in a two-disk set at the cost of $25. This cost includes priority shipping.
For further information contact archivist [at] perfumebottles [dot] org (subject: Perfume%20Database%2FLibrary) (Helen Farnsworth).
Book Reviews
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Glamour Icons, Marc Rosen
Reviewed by Lenore Worth Hiers
Mr. Rosen has written this absolutely spellbinding book about his career as a creator of perfume bottles for commercial fragrances beginning in 1972. Beautiful photos of his creations for Revlon, Elizabeth Arden, Karl Lagerfeld, and Fendi (among many others) are on almost every page, along with interesting tidbits of his personal and creative history.
He shares the process behind the art of designing a perfume bottle. He describes the steps he uses, and the guidance he gives his graduate students at Pratt Institute where he teaches the only course world-wide on this subject.
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The Art of Rene Lalique flacons and powder boxes, Christie Mayer Lefkowith
Reviewed by Verna Kocken
What you will not find: A table of contents; Numbered chapters; A precise chronology
What you will find: A larger-than-life tribute to an artist who was larger-than-life. Commissioned by Silvio Denz, President and CEO of Lalique S. A., to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Rene Lalique’s birth (1860), this book was also intended to dedicate and inspire the work and operations of his newly acquired company.
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Lips of Luxury, Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg
Reviewed by Lenore Worth Hiers
Starting with its gorgeous gold-embossed jacket, this new book by IPBA Member Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg of Paris, France, is a feast for the eyes throughout.
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Antique Trader Perfume Bottles Price Guide, Penny Dolnick
Reviewed by FRANK AND ELIZABETH CREECH
IPBA's very own PENNY DOLNICK has distinguished herself, yet again!
Research
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Research on IRICE, Helen Farnsworth, Archivist
Reviewed by Frank and Elizabeth Creech
Over the years archivist [at] perfumebottles [dot] org (Helen Farnsworth), IPBA Archivist, has answered many questions about perfume bottles, but the most frequently asked questions have been about IRICE. She has decided to write up a report on what is known about this company which we are pleased to publish on this website.
