VeBe Paris

VeBe Paris was a company established during the 1940s by Bompois et Viard of 123 rue Saint-Maur, Paris. They had a few patents starting in 1946. Initially the company made sprays for brilliantines, but also produced travel atomizers for the pocket or purse. Their best known style is the Ambassade which made its debut in 1966. The Ambassade is a rectangular shape, usually of goldtoned finished, and can be had in a variety of decoration including Limoges porcelain plaques, tweed fabrics, enameling or engine cut guilloche designs.

Pocket Atomizer Le Frisson c1931

A pocket atomizer named "Le Frisson" was patented in 1930. It was given the patent number BF 688.483 to Societe du Vaporisateur Le Frisson. (inventor Marcel Cuel). 

Atomizer patent 1,737,299 was granted in 1929.

The latest I have found the company name was in a 1963 volume of Foreign Commerce Weekly - Volume 69, Issues 26-52:

"Finger-operated sprayers, small, adequate for perfume , cosmetic uses desired by manufacturer of similar products from US producer. Le Frisson , 38 rue d'Hauteville, Paris 10."

The patent is for the atomizer hardware, the name "Le Frisson" is sometimes found stamped on the collar, but I have seen these unmarked too. The hardware can be found with or without a bulb and could be had in either a nickel or gilded finish.

These atomizers are of either frosted or clear glass and are decorated with hand painted enamel embellishments. Often the signature "Frisson" is seen near the enameled decor with a long tail descending from the n, this often looks like it reads as "Fling", "Fring" or "Fing" as it is very stylized. The frosted moon shape flask I have not yet seen except in the advertisement below, which was from a trade magazine.

G. de Beffort & Co

G. de Beffort was located at 66 rue de Bondy in Paris, they produced perfume atomizers, perfume burners, garnitures de toilette, barber supplies, and various hardware such as metal sprinkler crown tops for perfume bottles.

The company won the Grand Prix at the Exposition Internationale in Paris in 1911. One of their patented products was Cistaflor - a perfume burner and known for their pocket atomizers sold under the brand name "Ketma". The Ketma atomizer I believe was used by Maurice Babani.

They had an office at 2 St-Georges Avenue, 2, Aldermanbury, EC, in London.

The company was still in business in 1923 as I have evidence of a hand dated invoice.

c1911

The 1923 invoice shown above illustrates one of the Ketma pocket sized perfume atomizers in the upper right corner. 

From Pauline Turco's collection. This German porcelain perfume elephant is one of the small animal atomizer bottles by Schafer & Vater, model number 886. The tan monochrome glaze highlights the fine detail of this piece. Labels on both sides of the elephant identify the atomizer " Ketma". The atomizer hardware is stamped, "Made in France." As is often the case, the bottle is German made and the atomizer hardware was from France. This S&V model was sold as a souvenir at the Exposition Coloniale Internationale in Paris, France in 1931. Shown on page 115 of The Crown Top Book by Pauline Turco. Size: Approximately 3" h. including atomizer hardware and bulb.