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5 years celebration
July 18, 2024
Essence of Summer - Join us for the celebration!

Celebrate our 5th Anniversary with an afternoon of fun, food and festivities.

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Montal
June 7, 2024
Our Inaugural Publication

Our newest educational efforts are directed towards collectors, authors, and subjects that risk being forgotten.

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Digital Version of Journals
April 3, 2024
Perfume Passage Journal

A key objective has been to share historical information on numerous categories and companies in the perfume and vanity industries through our printed publication, Perfume Passage Journal.

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serge mansau
March 28, 2024
Serge Mansau - Artist and Perfume Bottle Designer!

In 2006, we met French artist and perfume bottle designer Serge Mansau. We were aware of his bottle designs, but not of him as the artist. We realize that others might not be familiar with Serge as the designer of bottles they love, yet they most likely own one or more of his creations!

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PerfumeSolids
February 16, 2024
Perfume Solids

The history of solid perfumes can be traced to ancient Egyptian times when scents were often created using beeswax and fragrant oils.

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Early catalytic lamp
February 12, 2024
Perfume Burners and Lamps

In a quest to scent our surroundings, for centuries everything from burning incense and perfume to perfume lamps has been used.  And while the history of perfume burners goes back centuries, the category of collecting perfume lamps seems to be a somewhat newer area for collectors.

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Scent sniffers
March 14, 2023
"Sip, Sniff & Savor,™" Recap

On Tuesday February 14, 2023

Perfume Passage Foundation held its first Midwinter Night's Fragrance Soiree, a multi-scentsory scent dinner, at the Sanfilippo estate in Barrington Hills. The elegant evening featured international fragrance expert Sue Phillips, of Sue Phillips Fragrance. She took our sense of scents to new heights as guests discovered the magic and mystery of exquisite ingredients used in fragrances, food and wines, indulging in these pairings, as the senses were celebrated at Perfume Passage!

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Scent Dinner
January 10, 2023
A Midwinter Night's Fragrance Soiree

Perfume Passage Foundation is excited to present a multi-scent-sory "Sip, Sniff & Savor,™ " dinner!

On February 14, 2023 you will discover the magic and mystery of exquisite ingredients used in fragrances, food, and wines as you indulge in these pairings, and celebrate the senses at Perfume Passage.  Presented by international fragrance expert Sue Phillips, of Sue Phillips Fragrance, this unique dining experience will take your sense of scents to new heights.

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Passage Xmas Decorations 2022
December 10, 2022
Happy Holidays 2022

The holiday season is celebrated in many different ways, and it's all about family and friends. And of course, perfumes and vanity items! 

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PoiretHeadshot
July 27, 2022
Paul Poiret - Couturier and Perfumer

Paul Poiret (1879-1944) is the first Couturier that launched a fragrance.  

In 1911 Poiret's fashion house expanded to include perfumes and interior design. Poiret's fashion house became one of the most well known of its time, especially after he launched Parfums de Rosine and Ateliers de Martine, named after his daughters Rosine and Martine. He soon became known as Le Magnifique.

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