Perfume Bottle

Perfume bottles are essential for safe storage because perfume is volatile and needs containers with very tight fitting lids or stoppers to prevent evaporation. The best ones are also made from coloured or faceted glass or other opaque material to prevent damage to perfume from sunlight.

Please keep in mind that there are many knockoffs of these products in the marketplace and we have visited dozens of vendors who offer products similar to those listed on this page. To the discerning eye, it’s very easy to notice high quality craftsmanship vs. low quality, imperfect craftsmanship.

Enamel perfume bottles were popular during the 18th and 19th centuries.

In Venice, glassmakers were producing small highly decorated glass bottles during the Renaissance, although few survive. By the 18th and 19th centuries, perfume containers of great value and beauty were being made in England, using a wide variety of materials including enamel, porcelain and silver.

Porcelain was another widely used material and many of the famous factories, like Chelsea, Derby and Wedgwood, produced perfume bottles in many shapes and styles including novelty items made to look like nuts, golf balls and shells.

René Lalique is the best-known of the Art Deco glass designers and, of course, his perfume bottles are very collectible but other makers are also popular.

The French glassmaking company Baccarat (company) produced perfume bottles for parfumiers like Jean Patou, Elizabeth Arden, Guerlain and Lenthéric.