Habana 1791: Perfume and its particular flagons

It is said that the birth of perfume dates back to the Stone Age when aromatic wood and resins were burned to honor deities. Surviving Sumerian texts (3500 BCE) mention the uses of aromatic ointments, oils and perfumes.

Perfumes arrived in the port of Havana in the 17th Century. Some time later the famous French houses of Molinard and Guerlain opened branches, followed by several others because Cuban women of the time were great consumers of perfume, especially eau de cologne after bathing. They also used sachets of mint leaves and petals of violets, roses and other aromatic plants on the shelves where they kept their undergarments.

Although today we can choose among a great variety of available industrial perfumes, there is one store distinguished for offering customized colonial fragrances for a variety of tastes.

Crossing the threshold of the Habana 1791 facility, in its 18th Century house on Mercaderes Street between Obrapia and Lamparilla Streets in Old Havana, we are immediately