Before boarding, he and his nephew, Paul Joseph Danby, also a chemist, boarded the ship and toured it together. Danby wrote a letter back to his wife in Manchester which stated: "Uncle has a very large cabin, nearly a living room with sofa and electric ventilator."
Saalfeld wrote his own wife: "... I just had an hour's roaming about on this wonderful boat. I like my cabin very much. It's like a bed-sitting room and rather large. They are still busy to finish the last things on board...."
According to a later statement, Adolphe Saalfeld had been in the smoking room at the time of the collision and saw the iceberg following which, he went to his cabin. In his haste, however, he left his perfume samples there.
He recounted: I saw a few men and women go into a boat and I followed and when lowered, pushed off and rowed some distance, fearing ... Titanic sinking... as we drifted away gradually saw the Titanic sink lower and lower and finally her lights went out, and others in my boat said they saw her disappear. Our boat was nearly two miles away but the pitiful cries could be plainly heard."
--Cooter
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