Let’s all just take a deep breath and look at this sweet illustration of cats, birds, and mice working together to distill some perfumery ingredients.
“Attention! Fleurs Fragiles”
Image via Fragonard.
Tag: just because
Just Because: Thomas Anshutz, “The Incense Burner,” 1905
Thomas Anshutz, The Incense Burner, ca. 1905.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1940.11.l
Just Because: Antoine Vollon, “Violets”
Antoine Vollon, Violets. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Just Because: Violets for a Spring Day
Invoice of Violets by Paul de Longpré, published by L. Prang & Co., ca. 1870s-90s. Via Boston Public Library.
Just Because: Kaoru Kawano, Red Candle (1950)
In memory of our neighbor Annie S.
Just Because: Loterie National des Parfums, 1939
Loterie Nationale (National Lottery) poster designed by Edgard Derouet and Charles Lesacq, dated 1939.
(This is pretty much how I feel when I buy a special new perfume or find a vintage perfume at an estate sale.)
Just Because: Zinaida Serebryakova, Self-Portrait at the Dressing Table
Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebryakova, At the Dressing Table (Self-Portrait), 1909. Oil on canvas. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Image via Wikimedia.
