39 - Paul POIRET (1879–1944) for LES PARFUMS DE ROSINE

Paul POIRET (1879–1944) for LES PARFUMS DE ROSINE “Pierrot” perfume bottle, designed circa 1919. A pressed molded glass sample bottle containing fragrance, with a neck adorned with a black satin ribbon and a white fabric ruffle. In its original black-and-beige cardboard and paper box (shows wear and stains). Labeled “Pierrot parfum frais” on one label and “Rosine Paris” on a label on the reverse. Height: 11.5 cm History: In 1911, fashion designer Paul Poiret launched his own perfume house, which he named Les Parfums de Rosine, after his eldest daughter. A pioneer in the field, he was one of the first to combine perfumery with haute couture, conceiving his fragrances as an extension of his fashion designs. More than thirty perfumes were created under his direction until the house closed in 1929. A similar model is preserved in the collections of the International Perfume Museum in Grasse (inv. no. M0877.2012.39.1/2). Bibliography: Advertising catalog *Les Parfums de Rosine*, Imprimerie Robaudy for Paul Poiret, Cannes, circa 1923, model reproduced (n.p.). Pauline Debay, *The Perfume Bottle: An Object of Art and a Collector’s Item*, thesis supervised by Géraldine Goffaux-Callebaut and Léa Saint-Raymond, École du Louvre, May 2023, model referenced and reproduced on p. 46.