Dralle, Illusion, Violette, 5 ml. or 0.17 oz. Flacon, hotsell Concentrated Essential Oil, 1908, 1920, Hamburg, Germany, Paris, France ..

Dralle perfumery was established by George Dralle .. 1852 to 1895 .. in Hamburg Germany. His brother Dr Eduard Dralle took over the business on Georg's death; and then sons Emil, Georg and Julius joined business later. The company produced many French-created presentations. In 1894, they introduced the perfume Augusta-Victoria-Veilchen. The most successful of these was "Illusion", created in 1908. Their direct competition was Reiger's "Flower Drops", which employed basically the same approach. Both perfumes were very concentrated flower essences without alcohol in different fragrances.

Dralle advertised that Illusion hotsell was the most costly perfume in America and "that a single drop goes further and keeps the fragrance longer than many that are apparently less expensive" and that “the woman who uses Dralle's finds herself in company with the most exclusive in Europe as well as in America. Dralle's is accepted as one of the secrets of the society woman's charms”. These perfumes were described as ‘the soul of perfumed flowers”.

The perfume was presented in a beautiful and classic 5 ml cut glass vial with an elongated dauber, which was housed in a turned and polished two-piece treen wooden case resembling a stylised lighthouse. Several scents were sold under the Illusion name.

Offered here is a delightful bottle of the Dralle Violette scent. Still sealed with its original shrink wrapped bouchon, and never used. Very unusual and beautiful item with its little treen lighthouse presentation box in tact. Extremely rare to find one of these in this perfect condition, still sealed, and never used. Comprehensive paperwork inside the box.