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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).
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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.