World's First Perfume Archive Opened In Versailles

“world's first perfume archive opened in Versailles, France. So inhale deeply and let's tantalise your senses. These shelves hold a treasure which, to those of the right, knows is almost beyond price.”

“the earliest 14th century perfume to the present day odor toilette. The idea of osmotec was to have a memory of old perfumes because perfumes age and the idea was to create a museum where you could smell very, very old perfumes and brands that have disappeared.”

“natural aromatic plants such as jasmine, lavender and rose means this place has been a centre of perfume in Europe since the 18th century.”

“Other keynote scents include the famous Crepe de Chine from 1925 and other samples again are straight from the history books. This Hungarian queen Oda Toilette dates from the 14th century and this cologne was used by Napoleon on Sant'Helena in 1815.”

“Versailles on the grounds of a perfumery school to store their collection. It looked like a wine cellar with shells in which bottles were placed, each labeled with both the name and the date the perfume was made.”

“This Hungarian queen Oda Toilette dates from the 14th century and this cologne was used by Napoleon on Sant'Helena in 1815.”

“constant temperature of 12 degrees Celsius. They're also injected with a protective such as formulas by the fashion designer Paul Poiré from the early 1900s.”

“used by Napoleon on Sant'Helena in 1815. formula for that, Napoleon said.”

“Through what I did there? With 400 perfumes. For Jean-Claude, it's been an opportunity not only to preserve history, but to make himself a better perfumer.”

“The Osmotec collection today represents more than 6,000 perfumes, including 600 no longer on the market. Jean-Claude Eleanor is an independent perfumer and lives in France.”

“we've got time for today, but Outlook is back. Same time tomorrow. I'm taking you back to the 26th of April, 1990, when the world's first perfume archive opened in Versailles, France. So inhale deeply and let's tantalise your senses. These shelves hold a treasure which, to those of the right-nose, is almost beyond price. They include some legends in the world of fragrances. The osmotec of Versailles captures a fragrance's magic memories in bottles. What is the first and only historical world library?”

“and wants to create something unique, a place dedicated to preserving the memory of sense. So he assembles a small enthusiastic team to help realize his vision. It was easy to convince me because before doing the osmotic, there was a small group of perfumers who smelt all the perfumes on the market. And in fact, we were trying to classify them. They were making a record of what family the perfumes being sold below.”