Re: Perfume Packaging History? Do you know something I don't?
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Posted by stew on October 05, 2007 at 07:51:56:
In Reply to: Perfume Packaging History? Do you know something I don't? posted by Phil on November 17, 2005 at 18:03:13: : I'm trying to collect some background on perfume packaging starting from the beginning of the 20'th century and could use help.
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: From what I've seen, perfume makers -- the big ones of their day -- didn't have atomizers on their bottles. Instead, their closure was some form of a plug -- a cork or glass stopper. The glass stopper (Chanel, Guerlain, etc.) could be used as a DABBER ... to dab on a bit of perfume.
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: But, in the aftermarket (do you call it that?), atomizers existed. They came in two varieties: the bulb type (a hose connected to a bulb, a la Britney Spear's "Curious") or a brass fine mist spray pump.
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: The DeVilBiss company was making spray pumps for medical applications before 1900. Around 1907, they started using them for perfume bottles -- and in Detroit as paint sprayers for auto company production lines. DeVilBiss still exists and is now owned by Champion Sparkplug.
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: During the era of the 1920's, there were lots of DeVilBiss spray pumps around, on perfume bottles. It was one of the company's line.
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: What I'd like to know is, who were their competitors? Were European firms offering atomizers too or were they using DeVilBiss technology? Were there patents on the technology?
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: Next question would be, when did the perfume makers start to use fine mist spray pumps on their products? In the 1970's I think we still saw a lot of dabbing. Today dabbing or splashing is pratcially unheard of. Some when -- and how -- did the change take place?
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: I've looked at some modern patents for fine mist spray technology (Valois has bought some) but the citations don't go back very far.
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: Is there anyone out there that can give me more insite into this transition?
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