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"Desodoral" Deodorant Bottle, Suchel

Object/Artifact

Small clear glass bottle of "Desodoral" brand deodorant made by the Cuban state cosmetics enterprise Suchel, with original paper label and black screw cap, retaining a quantity of dark deodorant liquid. A Cuban-manufactured personal-care product. DESCRIPTION: Two small, clear colorless glass bottle of rounded-shoulder cylindrical form, with a short neck and a black ribbed plastic screw cap. One of the bottles is empty and the other retains roughly the lower third of its original contents: a dark brown/black liquid. A rectangular paper label is adhered to the front, printed with a decorative design of overlapping white lines over a green background. A white central circle bears the product name "Desodoral" in dark script, with "DESODORANTE" (Spanish for "deodorant") beneath it, and at the bottom the maker's mark "Suchel" with "HECHO EN CUBA" (Made in Cuba). The labels are stained and abraded, and one is partly lost, with brown discoloration (likely from the contents and from age/humidity).

2025.1.236

deodorant

Desodoral was a deodorant brand, sold in paste and liquid.

The Cabrera Arús family collection

2025.1

Suchel

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

Desodoral

Label

bottle

Desodoral, desodorante, Suchel, hecho en cuba

Spanish

Desodoral, deodorant, Suchel, made in Cuba

On the front paper label: - "Desodoral" - "DESODORANTE" (Spanish: deodorant) - "Suchel" (maker, in script with a small flower/rose device) - "HECHO EN CUBA" (Made in Cuba)

11 cm

4.5 cm

bottle, cap

Glass

Plastic

Paper

Machine-molded glass bottle; printed paper label (offset or letterpress); screw-cap closure

Good

Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez

owner

Suchel

producer

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

production, ownership

"Desodoral" is the product/brand name (a coinage from "desodorante," deodorant) under the Suchel umbrella. The dark liquid contents are consistent with a liquid roll-on or splash deodorant of the period. The decorative ring/circle motif on the label is characteristic of mid-century cosmetic label design.