Paper-wrapped metal cannister with screw-on metal cap and paper label. The paper wrapper is sealed on top with a round paper label reading: "Sannette / DOUCHE / POWDER / SOOTHING / FRAGRANT". Net weight 5 ounces. Made by Sannette Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Use and Directions as provided on the product packaging: "Sanette is a fragrant and effective Hygienic Powder, prepared for women's personal use. Sannette solution is not too astringent. It may be recommended as a sanitary wash for daily use. Sannette should not be confused with mercury, caustics, acids, cresols or similar poisonous solutions. Sannette solution, while powerful, is cooling, soothing and cleansing to mucous surfaces.
Directions: For vaginal douche: Use a heaping teaspoonful of Sannette to a quart of warm water. Properly dissolved, Sannette gives a clear solution."
"Sannette Antiseptic Powder" (or "Sannette Powder") first appears in advertisements in the early/mid-1920s where it is described as a female remedy, patent medicine, or antiseptic. It begins being referred to in ads as a "douche" beginning in the 1930s, and appears to disppear from advertisements in the mid-1940s.