The mysterious Eastern power that swept Europe in the 18th century

01 World trade brings new perfume trends

With the continuous progress of manufacturing technology, the development of methods of condensing and extracting alcohol stock solution, the utilization rate of raw materials has been greatly improved, and the ancient incense making method has gradually come to an end. After the Crusades, the Black Death spread, perfume can not only carry on the effective fragrant cure, but also can mask the black Death can not bathe the body odor problem, as an essential medicine began to appear on the world stage. In the late seventeenth century, the perfume trade emerged in most European countries, led by France.

In the 18th century, as world trade developed, a mysterious force from the East swept through Europe. The bright porcelain from the ancient and mysterious China showed europeans a dream of a better life. The earliest perfume companies were founded around this time.

02 Porcelain perfume bottle the passport of European high society

The use of porcelain swept France, Louis XV highly respected Chinese porcelain, even ordered porcelain to replace silver, porcelain in a period of time even more than the value of silver.

Ceramic as a new material is also used in the production of perfume bottles. At that time, anyone who did not have a porcelain perfume bottle was sidelined and secretly called a bumpkin.

With the increasing demand of aristocrats for ceramic perfume containers, European cities have become porcelain production centers. Porcelain molding style from pure Chinese gradually combined with rococo style, gold decorated with pear shaped bottle, painted with flowers, fruit, war and some Oriental illustrated bottle design porcelain perfume became popular. At this point, the 18th century also became a synonym for the age of ceramic perfume containers.

03 The most extravagant Queen of France, Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette was a little princess of the Austrian Empire. She was so beautiful and intelligent that she is said to have attracted the prodigy Mozart at a young age. At the age of 15, she officially married the future Louis XVI, beginning her controversial life.

After becoming queen, Mary became haggard in order to conceal Louis XVI’s birth defects. Antoinette embarked on her own hedonistic fashion journey. She can buy hundreds of dresses and pairs of shoes a year. She was known as the “Queen of Rococo” and became France’s most famous fashion godmother.

In the days of ceramic perfume bottles, Mary. Queen Antoinette is the biggest fan of ceramic perfume bottles, with such a weight of fashionistas, ceramic perfume bottles is a moment of infinite beauty, pursued by the nobility.