Collectible perfumes and more

Perfume is what remains when everything else has passed.

The condition of all the perfumes (EDC, EDT, EDP, PDT, PARFUM) is excellent, because we have kept all of them for these fifty (50) years like babies (small children), if you know what that means.

Good accounts make for excellent transactions, that is: :

What you see in the photos is exactly the product you will receive.

Many people ask us whether the products will still be okay after many decades, or whether they may have deteriorated.
Read a message sent to us by a designer at a major cosmetics house:

We are thrilled to see the old soaps and packaging. This line was launched 50 years ago, so we no longer have any samples ourselves. We were therefore amazed to see that you had so many, and that they were in such good condition.

To browse our online store more easily and enjoyably, click on BRANDS at the top left, then choose what you like from the Two Hundred and Twelve (212) companies we currently carry—and counting.

We would like to inform you that every single one of our fragrance products is not parallel-imported and is not gray-market merchandise*, unlike most fragrance products on the market.  

Over time, we will present perfumes by Enrico Coveri, Emanuel Ungaro, Estée, Faberge, Fendi, Gian Marco Venturi, Ferré, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Grès, Guerlain, Guy Laroche, Halston, Rubinstein, Hermès, MENOUNOS, Jacomo, Patou, Lagerfeld, Lancetti, Lanvin, Marbert, Missoni, Montana, Moschino, Myrto, Nina Ricci, and we still have a long way to go before Yves Saint Laurent and Kouros, plus dozens more companies.

Aftershaves (After Shaves in English, Après-rasage in French) are so intense and powerful that they can hold their own against today’s Eau de Toilettes. While they are still available, buy them—they’re amazing and cheaper.

Our perfumes should be used sparingly, like a collection of precious objects, and not for everyday use.

In addition to the exquisite perfumes, in the near future you will see: soaps (fragrant, therapeutic, decorative) in incredible designs and colors

Shampoos, body washes, razors and shaving products, various makeup products and cases, pencils

Various products from the following companies: Araldite (adhesives), Babor, Bazaar, Bilba, Constance Carroll, Cutex, Galenic, Kent (toothbrushes), Korff, Lierac, MUM (deodorants), Phas, Sabrina, Sanagens, Scholl, Seventeen, rare tinctures, shoe trees, files, pliers, tweezers, hairbrushes, combs, scissors, and many other incredible products.

Unmatched botanical—natural perfumes from 1980, from Dallas, Texas

To keep from tiring you, let’s just say we’re talking about hundreds of rare products

All this, God willing

We are the original source (an expensive sport—very expensive, I might say). We worked with the biggest companies in the industry, both importers and domestic firms, during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, for example:

F. PETILON SA, SPEL SA, Hellenica SA, PARLUX SA, REMEK SA, LAPAPHARM SA, C. OLIVIERIS SA, VIAROM SA, F. GEORGANTAS SA, P. N. GEROLYMATOS SA,

GR. SARANTIS SA, HESPERIA SA, DIANA COSMETICA, ATCO SA, FORUM SA, SOSIFAR HELLAS SA, BIACTIVE, BIONIKI SA, ZETA SA, KEBIS Ltd., C. A. PAPAELLINAS SA, PERLA SA, BIOKOSMETIKI Ltd., PANCOSMETICS, ALEXIA GP, FORUM, KAM-DRUGS Ltd., NOKIA, CHRYSAFOPOULOS SA, and others.

All products now come from a private collection

Sold as collectible items

We are delighted with the quality of the products we offer you from a bygone era

I tried to find and provide as much reliable information as possible about each product mentioned. I hope I have managed to do so, at least in part.

Photography is both a science and an art. We are not experts, since pharmacognosy has nothing to do with photographing products. We had difficulty photographing the products: many boxes and bottles had glossy, multicolored finishes, presenting insurmountable challenges in showing you true images of these rare products. We ask for your understanding.

We hope to improve our photos in future posts and, as we go along, correct the photos already posted, if possible.

In the 1950s and 1960s, when a perfume wasn’t good, you’d exclaim, “You’re wearing FLY SPRAY!”

FLIT was a popular product for exterminating flies and mosquitoes.

Photo from  e–storieskritis.gr

Let us clarify that we don’t sell “prices”—we sell rare collectible products!

 * Parallel imports and parallel-imported goods (gray-market goods) are products made by a foreign manufacturer bearing that manufacturer’s trademark, which are purchased abroad and imported into this country by parties other than the manufacturer.

Keep your wits about you and your eyes peeled, because out there, nine out of ten perfumes on the market are fake.