collectible perfume bottles

CollectibleBottles – Antique Perfume
Executive Summary about collectible bottles by Alvin Loh

When you mention about the material that perfume bottles are made from, the first answer that comes to people’s mind will be glass. However, traditionally, these bottles of perfumes were also made from other materials and were even at one time, widely being used to produce different designs of bottles to contain perfume. Enamel perfume bottles were the trend in the 18th century and formed a large part of designer perfume bottles. These enamel bottles were made by large perfume houses such as Bilston or Wednesbury. From them, famous designers of bottles of perfumes emerged. The decorations of these perfume bottles can consist mostly of general landscapes and flowers with some of the more intricate designs featuring portraits. These enamel bottles are very uniform in character, having the same characteristics and form of contemporary porcelain.

After the middle of the 18th century, porcelain is quickly catching on to be a defacto material in producing unique perfume bottles. These highly decorative perfume bottles were usually made to model after humans or animals. Early designs included a stopper to prevent perfume from escaping the bottle. Later designers replaced the simple stopper with intricate designs like flowers, birds or fruits. One of the interesting fact that occured during the late 18th century was that both these enamel and porcelain perfume bottles had many imitations and these imitations were mass produced in very large quantities. There were many reasons why perfume bottles were so popular back then.

Collecting Perfume Bottles – An Exciting Hobby

Executive Summary about collectible bottles by Abhishek Agarwal

Perfume bottles often sell the perfume. As much effort is put into designing a perfume bottle as into the perfume itself. Those glittering little bottles in their brightly lit display cases are what first attracts us to the product.

This one tells us the perfume is fresh, innocent scent. That one that the perfume is dark, dangerous and seductive. Perfume bottles are about image, our image and the image of the product.

A great perfume in a plain bottle would not sell. Many of us have bought a perfume purely on the basis of how the bottle looks. With so much skill and design effort perfume bottles have become collector’s items. Perfume bottles are worth keeping when you’ve finished the perfume. A bottle with a mister is always worth keeping. The same perfume in a bottle with a mister is always more expensive than perfume in a bottle with a stopper.

Antique perfume bottles are a good buy. You can often pick up perfume bottles cheaply at car boot sales, garage sales and flea markets.

If you make your own perfume you may even want to make your own perfume bottles. All you need is a small, plain bottle. Coloured tissue makes a lovely stained glass effect.

You could even take a glass blowing course and learn to make your own bottles. Mouth blown glass bottles are unique creations.

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