Mary Chess
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Mary Chess[1] was a perfumer who made fragrances using all natural ingredients. Her company, the eponymous Mary Chess, was owned by Henri Garceau.
[edit] Biographical Information
Born Grace Mary Chess, married a Robinson. American expatriate in London who founded the Mary Chess company in 1932. She initially became famous for her sculpted metal flowers which she sold to the Queen Mother.[2]
[edit] Perfumes
Mary created many perfumes, of which arguably the most famous is Tapestry. Probably incomplete perfume list:[3]
- 1932 White Lilac
- 1932 Heliotrope
- 1932 Gardenia
- 1932 Desert Verbena
- 1933 Chessmen
- 1934 Tapestry
- 1934 Yram
- 1935 Floral Odeurs
- 1939 Carnation
- 1941 Elizabethan
- 1942 Strategy
- 1946 Song
- 1956 Souvenir D'un Soir
- 1958 Chivalry
- 1960 Tuileries
The Wheaton Glass Company of Millville, New Jersey produced the glass bottles and pressed figural stoppers for Mary Chess from 1946 to 1948.[4]
