Cool old video on cologne making

[WhosYerBob]

I'm sure things are a lot different today, but neat nonetheless:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=46683

 

[WhosYerBob]

Here's one even older that shows some of the details of distilling the scent:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=17355

 

[herbnerd]

And interesting to see those old perfume manufacturing films.

Thanks.

 

[warlandsboy]

Thanks for the links!

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Wonderful bit of film!

 

[faster_than_u]

Nice, those are great video's. Loved the music in the first one

 

[Scentronic]

VERY cool!

 

[Jim]

See if you recognize this factory?

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=2414


Lavender farm

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=1314

 

[WhosYerBob]

See if you recognize this factory?

Fragonard!

Neat video as well; at the very end it looked like something out of the old Thunderbirds TV show.

 

[WhosYerBob]

Lavender farm http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=1314

This one was the best yet! I LUUUUV lavender - both the color and the scent, and imagine that experiencing the lavender harvest would be something along the lines of:

“Debussy filled his room with flowers while he worked which might remind you of a Baudelaire quote: “Sound and perfume swirl in the evening air.”

From Art of Noise’s “The Seduction of Claude Debussy” 1999

 

[omarwashington]

wow Thank you for these videos. Nice find on this historic reels.
I also love the big-band jazz orchestra.