Antique lipstick perfume bottles razor ~ color book!

Divine Beauty: The Art of Collectibles ( Compacts, Lipsticks, Scent Bottles...) by Soraya Feder, L’Aventurine, 2001. No edition noted. Paperback, approx. 8 1/4 x 10 1/2”, 94 pages. This is a new book; minor edgewear (light impressions in lamination). It is in English. I apologize for the amateur scans; the book is lovely.

A fun and fascinating book, published in Paris, showing collectible vanity items from dressing cases to scent cards. Also included are shaving items, decorative hair combs, solid perfume containers, hand and pocket mirrors, and more delightful and civilized works of art! Not a price guide!

From the back cover:

Nowadays, any and everything connected with perfume arouses the interest of collectors: antique perfume bottles manufactured from the most precious materials by highly skilled craftsmen, commercial scent bottles, oversized dummy display bottles, miniatures and samples, deluxe limited editions as well as commercial series manufactured by tens of thousands each year, advertising displays, promotional items- scent cards, calendars, pocket mirrors, etc. Other beauty-related objects are also collected such as powder boxes, compacts, lipsticks, hand mirrors.

From the contents:

1. In Search of Beauty

2. Dressing cases

3. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

4. Face Powder Boxes (incl. Roger & Gallet )

5. Compacts (incl Line Vautrin )

6. Lipsticks

7. Perfume Bottles (incl. Paul Poiret, Prince Matchabelli, Schiaparelli, Borujois, Brigitte )

8. Solid Perfume

9. Scent Cards

10. Hairdressing

11. The Razor’s Edge

Bibliography

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