Cool old video on cologne making

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

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

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

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

And interesting to see those old perfume manufacturing films.

Thanks.

Thanks for the links!

Wonderful bit of film!

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

VERY cool!

See if you recognize this factory?

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


Lavender farm

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

Jim said:

See if you recognize this factory?

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Fragonard!

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

Jim said:

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

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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

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