Show silver scent boxes were stylish in century small silver scent boxes and vine vin aigrettes aigret tes came into fashion late in the eighteenth century writes alice R rollins in the los angeles times they were considered an indispensable part of a womans comans toilet a century and a half ago every woman carried one in her pocket or reticule or suspended from her chatelaine I 1 i it was the fashion to sniff at it deli I 1 1 cately whenever the opportune time came for the oftener a woman of i those times came to sw swooning coning the more highly was she regarded the i women however were not alone in using these small trifles those for the men were larger and more masculine in taste they included such designs as a skull a fish or fruit they were worn suspended from the watch chain or carried in the pock pocket vinaigrettes were usually made of silver but a few of gold and 1 ivory are known one of the latter lattery is described as being egg shaped I 1 pierced all over and unscrewing in the middle for the insertion of the sponge soaked in aromatic vinegar the silver ones arp are of many shapes and sizes on the inside of the box was a grilled compartment that held spices musk or a tiny sponge that had been moistened with sweet smelling liquids in shape they were round oval convex and flat sometimes in the form of tiny books pocketbooks letter wallets or shells fish shaped scent bottles and vinaigrettes from holland are not uncommon |