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I recently purchased a large inventory of perfumes and oils from the estate of a perfumer in New Jersey. This bottle was among the lot. All the bottles range in age from 1920s through possibly the 1970s. Some are full and some are empty. I will offer small drams of Vintage Essential Oils in future listings.

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This is an empty brown glass bottle with black screw cap. The company is Norda, Inc. The label is taped onto the bottle. It features decorative green, red and black accents on a yellowish label. It is Labeled as Synthetic Orange Blossom. W-9016, 8oz for manufacturing use only. I’ve included a couple photos found on the internet of the company dating from the 50s. If you look closely you can find similar bottles on shelves. I am unsure of the exact date of this bottle. 

Condition- Empty, but when I briefly opened it, the scent was still strong. 

Height - Approx 6.5”

*Bottle is not altered by me.

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*Additional Information About Norda Essential Oil & Chemical Company

The origin of Norda, like that of many other companies in the flavor and fragrance industry, was a founder immigrant, Hermann J. Kohl, who came to the United States from Germany. He gained his experience and knowledge in the industry with Morana Inc., one of the earliest chemical firms in this industry, and left in 1924 to found Norda Essential Oil and Chemical Company.

The original Norda organization was a trader and dealer in essential oils and aroma chemicals. However, Norda early started compounding flavors and fragrances, with a strong position in flavors developing during the 1930s.

The company’s next move was into manufacturing of chemicals with a small plant in East Hanover, New Jersey, in 1941, followed by an essential oils processing plant in Boonton, New Jersey, in 1942, processing essential oils for their isolates.



The Norda Essential Oil and Chemical Company was founded in 1924 in Boonton, New Jersey by Hermann J. Kohl (1889-1971), a German chemist and pharmacist. In its early years, the company achieved great success as a supplier of essential oils, such as lavender, geranium, jasmine, rose concentrate, and thyme, for the soap industry and reported a total business of $1,680,000 in 1930. Norda made its initial public offering on the stock market in March 1962 and registered several patents for scent-related products, such as a sea shell perfume diffuser, before being acquired in 1985 by Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch food and fragrance company. This collection consists of black-and-white print photographs of Norda's manufacturing and laboratory facilities in Boonton, New Jersey, circa 1950s. The collection is essentially divided into two parts: the first half of the photographs documents the plant's equipment and supplies, while the second half depicts the laboratory facilities and steps in the manufacturing process, such as compounding, fractionation, and analytical testing. The equipment pictured includes vacuum stills, autoclaves, centrifuges, and spices used in the production of perfumes and essential oils, as well as specialty apparatus like refractometers and micro-stills. All of the photographs in this collection were removed from spiral albums and re-housed during processing, with the original order and descriptions maintained.


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My Potions and pharmacy bottles are handmade and One of A Kind. - I use antique and vintage bottles (unearthed from the ground), as well as new bottles made to look old. (*Oldified is my preferred term) - I fill them with flora found in my travels and other secret ingredients potioneers prefer. - My bottles are adorned with anything that strikes my fancy. Most Labels are designed by Sinned Design, LLC exclusively for Wicked Ness Apothecary. I often procure antique labels for my medicine bottles.

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Empty Bottle, Norda, Inc. Old Stock, Synthetic Orange Blossom, Perfume Bottle

SKU: C861
$6.00Price
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    🐈NOTE: Our items come from a home with cats.

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