The company became known for color-coded, crown-shaped bottles that housed such well-known perfume brands as Wind Song, Ave Maria, and Princess Norina. The crown-shaped bottle was designed by Norina after the Matchabelli crown.
Prince Matchabelli is a perfume line. It was first designed by Prince Georges V. Matchabelli who was an amateur chemist.
Georges Matchabelli had previously been a Georgian Prince of Georgian descent and ambassador to Italy, but fled the Soviet Union and immigrated to the United States after the Russian Revolution. In 1926 he and his wife Princess Norina Matchabelli established Prince Matchabelli Perfume Company.
In 1987, Chesebrough-Ponds was acquired by Anglo-Dutch company Unilever. The division now has annual domestic sales of about $140 million, according to company officials. Prince Georges Matchabelli died in 1935.
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