The Webber Collection

When I first went to the Estate Sale on Thursday , I told you how surprising it was to see so many unmarked and un-named bottles of perfume on the dresser . I bought the H&R Geneology Set and became convinced that someone in that household worked in perfume - at a lab or as a marketing director , something to do with flavors and fragrances .

I got home and just couldn't sleep , even the Captain urged me over and over to go back and bid on the collection . I was skeptical . My luck , I would drive all the way back ( over an hour north of our home ) , get my hopes up , and it would all be gone .

Drive I did , and hope I had , and there they were , almost every single bottle still sat waiting for me on that dresser . The Chanel No 5 was gone , the Hermes Caleche was gone... but almost 100 bottles sat forlorn and abandoned . I approached the Estate Sale manager and said

" I would like to place an offer on the fragrance collection . " I trembled inside...

"OK " , he said , " Let's go back and take a look..."

We walked into the bedroom and stood silently for a moment and he asked if I was ready to make an offer .

I was and I did and he accepted .

"SQUEEEE".......... I said inside , ever so quietly to myself...

I said to him : " One thing I find very odd , there are so many unmarked bottles and lab imps , someone here must have worked in the industry..."

He looked at me kind of surprised , picked up a bottle and said :

"This is Mr. Webber's own perfume creation . He was a chemist , and he created the fragrance accord for Pine-Sol..."
Damn I love being right . In the photo at left , the men's cologne is on the left , the women's pure parfum is on the right . I will be sending five bottles of the women's parfum to fellow bloggers and we will do a joint blog post sometime in July , and I will be giving one bottle of Mr. Webber's parfum away to a lucky reader . ( There are 22 bottles of this in existence )

This is what Mrs. Webber had on her dresser when she died , vintage 1950's and 60's bottles ...

bless her soul....they all smell fantastic !

Guerlain Jicky pure parfum................. 1 0z. full bottle

Guerlain Shalimar pure parfum ...........1 0z. full bottle

Jean Patou Joy pure parfum ............1 oz . bottle 70% remaining

Coty Imprevu spray mist ................25 ml 20 ml remaining

Houbigant Chantilly EDT ................1.5 oz full bottle

Dana Tabu Concentrate ..................1 oz. metal canister 25 ml remaining

Tuvache Jungle Jasmine Concentrate ...1 oz. full bottle

Hermes Equipage EDT .....................25 ml 22 ml remaining

Max Factor Hypnotique Cologne .......1.5 oz. 7 ml remaining

Shulton Desert Flower Cologne .........1.5 oz. 1 oz . remaining

Madame ( red leather bottle...Hermes ? ).. 3.3 oz. full bottle

Benjamin Khus Khus ..soft powdery vetiver. 5 0z. bottle from Jamaica

Nina Ricci L'Air du Temps EDT............... 1.7 oz. full bottle

Estee Lauder Portos never released ...4 0z bottle FULL (not Balenciaga )

H&R Geneology Box ......................18 - one dram vials

Nicosia parfum ................................5 ml vial maker unknown

Roger & Gallet Hotel Prince de Galles ......1 0z . half full

St Barth Santal pure parfum BNIB.... 50 ml not vintage

Becker Eshaya BE EDP BNIB .............50 ml & 15 ml purse roller not vintage

Biotima ? parfum ............................1 0z 8 ml remaining

O de Lancome EDT .......................7.5 ml mini

Parfum Stern Neuilly Cedex ...... 5 ml mini
YSL Opium EDT........................... 5 ml mini

Avon Somewhere PdT ...............1/3 oz. Full bottle

Avon Moonwind carriage bottle..... 1 oz . 20 ml remaining

Bergdorf Goodman's mens shop Cologne.. 30 ml full vintage bottle

DEDE .........................................5 ml 3 ml remains

Presidents Choice parfum ..my fave , OMG...1.7 oz glass bottle still sealed

"Cal" round splash bottle glass stopper.... 1.7 oz . full

Daniele Ryman After Flight Awake /Asleep 5 ml one of each w/box

"Stepan " round splash w/glass stopper ...25 ml full bottle

"SCM Labs " crystal flacon .........................1 oz full bottle

.....................................................Webber creations below...................................

Webber parfum cut glass w/glass stopper 22 full bottles , 15 ml each

Webber cologne for men .................... .......1.5 oz. two full bottles

The remaining bottles have no names , no markings ,

nothing to tell me what in in them...

IMP square splash bottle w/gold cap.......15 ml

IFF Labs w/ box..............5 ml splash

Round splash bottle ............1 0z. full bottle

#164 parfum w/ crystal stopper......25 ml never opened

#1910 never opened...................5 ml splash

#21 splash ..................................5 ml w/2ml remaining
"5" or "S".....................................5 ml splash

#3105 never opened...................5 ml splash

oval crystal with tall crystal stopper ....20 ml three full bottles
squat round bottle with ball stopper....15 ml 10 ml remaining
tall round bottle with gold cap....30 ml four full bottles

two chinese porcelain flacons with bulb sprayers