This Cotton is Perfumed with the New Odor Tri-Rose Bouquet...(Handkerchief Perfume Sample)

Chicago, 1876. B. D. Baldwin & Co.. Very good. Small leaflet with a pink cotton ball affixed to it, n. d. (ca 1876 - tentative date obtained from the address of the manufacturer at the time of printing); 4 3/4 x 4; speckled gray sheet, printed in black in several fancy fonts; faint, horizontal fold line; small crease to lower left corner; in very good to near fine condition.B. D. Baldwin & Co. was founded in 1873 in Chicago by Benson D. Baldwin (1841 - 1917) - a renowned pioneer perfumer in the US. He imported and created himself over 60 perfumes in the late 19th- and early 20th- centuries. The card advertised the newest company product, offering a small, perfumed cotton ball and proudly proclaiming: "It is without a doubt the finest Handkerchief Perfume ever sold for the price. Very Fragrant and Very Lasting. Try a sample bottle, it costs 25 cts. only. Handkerchiefs perfumed gratis at the Stand in the Gallery."