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11/5/09 at 2:52pm

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A businessman has revived his great-great grandfather's business as a perfumer after discovering the 19th century formula books belonging to perfumer John Grossmith.

Note: Volume slide seems to work backwards (far left for increasing sound).

http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//I.../04/T04110925/

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Quarry, thank you for posting this!

I LOVE the history of perfume--that is, when it is real history. I despise it when a "faux history" is manufactured to sell the fragrance.

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Interesting. Thanks for the link.

I suppose a new starter to the industry has to create history if they haven't got one. Or start bottling 'history' like what Histoires de Parfums and DelRae are doing...