Note: Please understand that this website is not affiliated with the Elizabeth Arden company in any way, it is only a reference page for collectors and those who have enjoyed the Arden fragrances.


The goal of this website is to show the present owners of the Arden company how much we miss the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back your favorite perfume!


Please leave a comment below (for example: of why you liked the perfume, describe the scent, time period or age you wore it, who gave it to you or what occasion, any specific memories), who knows, perhaps someone from the company might see it.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Ardena Hair Off Electra Eradicator c1953

From 1934-1953

"ARDENA HAIR OFF ELECTRA HAIR ERADICATOR. (wax) removes the hair from below the surface of the skin and leaves your skin smooth and free from unsightly hair growth. Discouraging future growth by reapplication, the wax-method was proved the easiest, $1.25, plus tax."





photos from ebay seller samtenserpe

Monday, September 2, 2013

Secret de Babani by Babani c1920

Secret de Babani by Babani: launched in 1920.


Ambre de Delhi by Babani - Parfum de Hindou c1921

Ambre de Delhi by Babani: launched in 1921. Subtitled the "Breath of Love" and Parfum de Hindou.

It was a heavy fragrance designed to be used to perfume furs as well as cigarettes, and to be used in perfume lamps. It was also available in a face powder.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Seaqua by Elizabeth Arden c1970

Seaqua by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1970. A line of toiletries and cosmetics. Discontinued.



Ambré by Elizabeth Arden c1925

 Ambré by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1925. Discontinued, date unknown. Still being sold in 1937.

Sketch, 1925:
"Bath salts: Allamanda, Jasmine, Rose Geranium, Russian Pine, Ambre. In handsome glass jars, 5/6, 10/6. In 16-lb. tin, 35/-,Compact cubes, 6 for 3/6."
Woman's Home Companion, 1932:
"Elizabeth Arden's Ensembles for the bath: Powdered Bath Salts,exquisitely scented with Ambre, Allamanda, Jasmine, Rose Geranium or Russian Pine,$5."

The New Yorker, 1937:
Blue Grass, Jasmin, Ambre, Rose Geranium, Gardenia…$2.00, $3.50, $8.00. Le Reve, Night and Day…$2.50, $4.00, $9.00.”


Saturday, August 31, 2013

Cupid’s Breath by Elizabeth Arden c1924

Cupid’s Breath by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1924. Although Arden was an American company, many of her early perfumes were manufactured in France, and this perfume was made in Paris.

On Dit by Elizabeth Arden c1937

On Dit by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1937 and created by Edmond Roudnitska. It was apparently put on hold from production during the war and was re-launched as soon as it was over in 1945.


Friday, August 30, 2013

Violet Essence by Elizabeth Arden c1920

Wood Violet Essence by Elizabeth Arden : launched in 1920.


Parfums par Noel Perfume Presentation c1940



"Parfums par Noel," a presentation set of "Cyclamen," "Night & Day," and "Blue Grass" for Elizabeth Arden, circa 1940, features blown glass bottles hung in net stockings. Ht. of bottle 3 1/2 in (8.8 cm). Photo by Rago Arts & Auction Center

Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden c1934

Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1934, created by perfumer George Fuchs of Fragonard.



Elizabeth Arden Pin Cushion Perfume Presentations

In the late 1930s and into the 1950s, Elizabeth Arden offered several different pin cushion themed perfume presentations. Sometimes the cushion itself was different, heart shaped one year, hat shaped in another, blue covered one year and pink the next. These are very rare as the perfume was often contained in tiny stoppered bottles on the end of a pin, simulating a hat pin from yesteryear. Other presentations included real pins that you could use as well as a small bottle of perfume attached to the cushion.




1940 Elizabeth Arden "Hatpin" perfume presentation, a miniature bust of felt and other hat trims, with glass perfume bottle hatpin. Ribbon label Elizabeth Arden. 6 1/2 in. 
Photos by Perfume Bottles Auction (close up showing tiny hat pin perfume bottle) 
Price realized: $700 in 2010.










Tide of Advertising and Marketing, 1939:
"Take Elizabeth Arden...She's got a new "Perfume Pincushion", a flower and lace trimmed pale blue rayon satin sacheted pincushion that cries for a Victorian hat. In it are thrust pink, yellow, blue and mauve stoppered glass hatpins. Fasten your veil with one, stick one in your lapel, or pin your corsage with it."


1930s Elizabeth Arden “Perfume Pin-Ups” Blue Grass perfume bottle, clear glass, plastic screw-cap, label, box with sachet cushion and three hatpins. Bottle 2 in. Photos by Perfume Bottles Auction.
Price realized: $100 in 2012. Described in the original ad below.

The New Yorker, 1939:
"Elizabeth Arden, always highly imaginative where lovely femininity is concerned (pink is no discovery to her), offers Easter presents that are the height of delicate froufrou. A notable one is a blue satin-covered old-fashioned pincushion with four pins stuck in it."

Stage, 1939:
"Elizabeth Arden's little gadgets are always amusing and charming. Now it's four perfume pins on a blue satin, moss- fringed pin-cushion."



Dance, 1940:
"Elizabeth Arden has put four of her perfume pins around a rosette of posies in an old-fashioned pincushion made gay and young with a cerise satin top and an edge of starched frills. The perfume pins are glass bubbles of perfume."




Cue, 1950:
"There are, too, several beguiling perfume novelties: An artful red velvet, heart shaped pin cushion from Elizabeth Arden, with four pearl stickpins holding in place a bottle of "My Love." $6.50"

Untold by Elizabeth Arden c2013

Untold by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 2013.




Carnation by Elizabeth Arden c1939

Carnation by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1939.


Poppye by Elizabeth Arden c1920

Poppye by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1920.


Parfum No. 450 by Elizabeth Arden

Parfum No. 450 by Elizabeth Arden:launched in 1940. Named for the number on Arden's opera box. The perfume was also known as "Opera 450" and was available in Parfum, Flower Mist and dusting powder. Also available was "450 Eau de Toilette" for men.


Tuberose by Elizabeth Arden c1932

Tuberose by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1932. It is often spelled as "Tube Rose" in some publications.




Le Reve d'Elizabeth by Elizabeth Arden c1927

Le Reve d'Elizabeth by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1927. This perfume was one of four other signature scents launched that year (La Joie d'Elizabeth, Le Jardin d'Elizabeth, L'Amour d'Elizabeth, L'Etoile d'Elizabeth) and only sold in the Elizabeth Arden salons throughout the world.



My Love by Elizabeth Arden c1949

My Love by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1949.



Thursday, August 29, 2013

Mille Fleurs by Elizabeth Arden c1939

Mille Fleurs by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1939. The Mille Fleurs fragrance was available in various products: parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, dusting powder, lipstick, cream rouge, and nail polish.


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Night and Day by Elizabeth Arden c1935

Night and Day by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1935. Perfume's name appears to have been named after the Cole Porter song "Night and Day" from the movie "Gay Divorcee" and Broadway play in the 1930's.

 



It's You by Elizabeth Arden c1938

It's You by Elizabeth Arden: launched in 1938, in USA by 1939. It was created by perfumer Edmond Roudnitska originally for his wife. 

Kohl

Elizabeth Arden introduced her version of the Arabian makeup staple Kohl in 1955. Women were always looking to the East for new and exciting looks in makeup and Arden knew just what they needed to make their eyes sparkle and delight. Kohl, is a soft cosmetic powder made up of many ingredients from powdered antimony to galena and lead. It has been used for thousands of years in the Middle Eastern, North African and even in parts of Asia such as India. The ancient Egyptians were the first to wear the eye cosmetic which they saw it as both protective and preventative. Protection from the evil eye and flies that would gather around the eyes and prevented the sun from glaring in the desert heat.

A 1955 ad for Elizabeth Arden's kohl reads:
"Elizabeth Arden's now Oriental makeup. ORIENTAL KOHL. From the ancient East the lovely long eyed look of storied Arabia. Kohl is beauty, magic, refined for your use. Miss Nell G. of Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics will be at G. Fox and Company ... Thursday through Saturday to give instructions on now to use "Kohl."
Kohl was still hot in 1963 as this ad attests:
“Pursuing the inclination women have to adopt masculine styles comes as manifesto from Elizabeth Arden stating that women who have seen Columbia’s exciting film “Lawrence of Arabia.”, are now asking to be made up to look like a Sheik. They seek to escape the blanched look of winter, in favor of a sun-warmed complexion tone, rather darker than one’s own skin, in order to get that sun-darkened desert look. This requires that the eyelashes be fringed in a darkish, smoky look with kohl, a soft powdery cosmetic similar to that which Cleopatra is said to have applied to lure her warrior lovers.”
Kohl also was revived as the Elizabeth Taylor blockbuster film Cleopatra was just released as well and women cultivated the queen of the Nile's sensuous style.