An Antique Perfume Bottle Is Much More Than A Bottle With Scent

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An Antique Perfume Bottle Is Much More Than A Bottle With Scent

Saturday, April 5th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

The numbers of various types of perfumes is pretty huge which signifies that there is a need to have at least those many different perfume bottles as well. Basically, these bottles serve to be more attractive to the customer when buying and are for sure to catch their attention. It really should not surprise you that perfume bottling business is huge. There are many manufacturers of perfume bottles you may have heard of, but Pochet SA that is a French company is recognized by most.

Pochet SA Is The Most Famous Bottle Maker

Have you have ever purchased a bottle of Calvin Klein, Coty, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and Givenchy or any other equal famous brand of perfume? If you did, then the chances are that the perfume bottle has been produced by Pochet. Today Pochet is a company that descended from Pochet DeRoche and also Verreries du Courval that each have many years of experience in making porcelain items and glass. In point of fact, the first perfume bottle was the work of Verreries du Courval that contained designer perfume and was commissioned by Empress Eugenie in the year 1858.

Things has changed and the means of manufacturing a perfume bottle changed. During the 1930s they got to be made by machine and most of the inspiration for such bottles seemed to come from Hollywood, when a company named Lalique that was subsequently acquired by Pochet had an superior bottle that had the 1932 classic scent – Je Reviens. In essence Je Reviens resembled a skyscraper from New York and the whole stuff came in a package in a chrome finished box.

The Value Of Perfume Bottles

Long after the scent has been used up and the fragrances are gone, the bottles, especially those from bygone days are items that are treasured even more than the scents that they held many years ago, so if you are lucky enough to own an antique perfume bottle, you could well be the owner of a minor treasure that will fetch a good price and which is much sought after by bottle collectors.

When you go overseas, make sure to check out the many antique shops that may have an antique perfume bottle for you to buy. However many of these bottles have an asking price in thousands of dollars. Before you buy one of these bottles, do not spend on something that is not to your liking, and if you absolutely must collect these bottles, do so with those that are to your liking so that you can enjoy them for many more years to come.

Besides antique shops, good places to look for perfume bottles would be estate as well as yard sales, flea markets and also thrift stores as well as Internet auctions.