The fragrance lamp is sometimes also known as the fragrance lampe and, is a catalytic diffusion lamp that can impart fragrance while also providing pure air at the same time. The advantage of using fragrance lamps is that they can effectively do away with as much as 85% of bacteria present in a room for 30 hours after initial operating ends. Modern usage has allowed it to find use in new applications in the home as well as in offices.
One may begin the fragrance lamp s process by lighting a stone burner situated at the mouth of the lamp and, in a few minutes, the flame is extinguished though the heated burner remains in action as the catalytic combustion burns up the fuel.
How It All Began And Where It Has Led To
The fragrance lamp was patented by Maurice Berger in Paris in the year 1898 and, thus was formed the name Lampe Berger. In the early 1900s, the Lampes were useful in helping with hygiene and, so were found in many hospitals as well as mortuaries due to the fact that these fragrance lamps could purify the air, which was its main selling point. During these times, the fragrance lamps used methyl alcohol that gave off formaldehyde when combusted and, was efficient though, the smell was somewhat unpleasant.
Maurice Berger sold his company in 1927 to Jean-Jacques Faillot who began the use of ethyl alcohol that smelt of apples when combusted and, thus moved the Lampe Berger Company into the consumer segment and, this meant that the fragrance ability became more important. This led to Faillot collaborating with many bottle designers and, sold as many as 20,000 lampes each year and, even began exporting them which met with mixed success.
Sales of these fragrance lamps fell during World War II and Faillot himself died due to being knocked down by a German military vehicle in Paris and, the company fell into the hands of his son, Gilbert. Nevertheless, by 1973, the Lampe Berger Company had begun to produce 80,000 fragrance lamps each year and, these were being exported around the world. The popularity of fragrance lamps increased through the 1990s especially in the United States and, spread to the east as well as other parts of the country.
The number of companies making fragrance lamps increased and, companies in far off China also jumped into the fray. At present, fragrance lamps have become a fast growing segment of the home fragrance and air purification market.