Vintage Set Tabu & Emir by Dana with box in cardboard is dirty and stained
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Measure approx.
4.1/2"inches ** 11 cm.high Bottle
5.1/2"inches ** 14cm. high Box
Tabu was created in 1932 by Jean Carles in response to a request made to him instructing him to create a perfume that a prostitute would wear, also known as "un parfum de puta". He created a floral woody amber oriental parfum,
Javier Serra, the founder of Dana Parfums was walking down a street in Nice, France when he passed a bookshop and as luck would have it, his eye caught the cover of the new Sigmund Freud book, "Totem & Taboo."Inspired by this, he decided to name his perfume after Taboo. When translated into Spanish, taboo becomes tabu.
Another legend has it that Tabu was named after a famous painting titled "The Kreutzer Sonata" by Rene Prinet, which was acquired by Dana Perfumes, who used it to advertise the perfume in conjuction with the slogan, "The longest kiss in history".
Tabu has been found packaged in a figural cello/violin bottle, a rectangular bottle and tall glass bottles. The vintage version of Tabu is just exquisite and a true nod to the perfumer's art. Tabu is a luxurious, rich and heavy perfume, it is perfect to wear during the fall and winter months. It has remained a favorite of women of all ages since its inception.
Emir was launched in France in 1936 by Dana, it was introduced to the USA in 1947.
A 1947 newspaper ad reads: "Dana's great triumph abroad is now hereEMIR Reminiscent of the night a Persian Emir chose his queen as different from all other perfumes as you are from all other women."
Dana was established in Barcelona in 1921 by Javier Serra (former director of Myrurgia of Spain). The company then moved to Paris in 1932 at 9 rue de la Paix. The company was named after the Greek goddess Danae and this idea was incoporated into the Dana logo, which consisted of a beautiful woman's head, taken from a sculpture by Mariano Andreu
Dana perfume took over many other companies such as Corday, Helena Rubinstein, Cover Girl, Shulton, Max Factor, Houbigant and Jaclyn Smith perfumes. Dana bought out the rights to these companies and produced their perfumes, sometimes reformulating them and keeping the original well known names, you will recognize some of these below. being brief and sound, Dana.
Dana in all languages refers to beauty, goodness and purity;
In Greek mythology the nymph who planted flowers along the banks of the Mediterranean.
Dana in ancient Egypt of the Pharaohs, was the name given to women who were noted for their beauty.
Dana in Afghanistan means sweet awakening.
Dana is the name of an island in the Pacific, where, apparently, the youth has no sunset.
Dana in the old and mysterious Basque language, means success.
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