Charlie Perfume, Dummy Bottle - Revlon
Charlie Perfume, Dummy Bottle - Revlon
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- Description
- Brothers Charles and Joseph Revson and chemist Charles Lachman (whose surname provided the “L” in the Revlon name) founded Revlon in 1932 as a company to sell nail enamel. In the following years, the company broadened its product line to include cosmetics and fragrances. Revlon added “Charlie” brand perfume in 1973. The perfume was launched behind an ad campaign that featured model Shelley Hack wearing pantsuits—a change from the dresses and romance in previous perfumery advertising—that was meant to target a more liberated and independent woman.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- fragrance, display bottle
- date made
- after 1973
- maker
- Revlon
- Physical Description
- glass (container material)
- plastic (container material)
- metal (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.1275 cm
- ID Number
- 2009.3030.17
- catalog number
- 2009.3030.17
- nonaccession number
- 2009.3030
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ruth Kline
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- American Enterprise
- Beauty and Health
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Fragrance
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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