When I was out button shopping last week at my favorite antiques group shop, (The Peoples Store, in Lambertville, New Jersey), I was looking in the glass cases downstairs and spied–really *spied* an old bottle that threw me back to the past. The bottle was an old perfume bottle and I’m *sure* we had it when I was a little girl. The perfume was “Heaven Sent” and when I did a little online research, I discovered it was created by Helena Rubenstein in 1941 as a scent “innocent, fresh and beautiful”. Well, the bottle that I remembered must have belonged to my older sister because I was still in my crib in 1941.
I had a little conversation with the clerk about it–which turned out to be almost as much fun as seeing the old bottle full of memories:
Me: Heaven Sent!! Remember Heaven Sent?
Clerk: And Jean Naté??? Remember Jean Naté?
Me: Don’t forget Evening in Paris !! That old cobalt blue bottle–
Clerk: Yes! Evening in Paris!
Me: And then we graduated to Wind Song . . .
Clerk: Prince Matchabelli–
Yes, yes, yes—she hit it on the nose—omg, Prince Matchabelli–how important that sounded in those old days! Delightful old memories. Hope it rings a bell in your past, too–
Can you guess that I went back and bought the bottle the next day? So sweet.
old bottle of Heaven Sent perfume by Helena Rubenstein 1941 ©booksandbuttons
I had tiny bottles of perfume as favors for a birthday party when I was a young girl. Those bottles were Bluuuue! A lovely rich shade of blue. Probably Evening in Paris, don’t you think?
Maybe–what a sweet idea! Thanks for comment
Does the bottle still have some of the scent? It looks as though it does…
Yardley’s English Lavender would be my contribution to the conversation!
just a whiff remains, too bad. I like your contribution—very elegant!
Thank you!