Collectible Perfume Bottles

Perfume Bottles – A Potpourri of Beauty

Do you save collectible perfume bottles? You aren’t alone if you have a hard time discarding perfume bottles. The sheer beauty and design of many perfume bottles is enough to make you want to keep them forever. Thousands of people collect an array of perfume bottles ranging from new, limited-edition designs to perfume bottles from the earliest of times.

Chances are, if you enjoy wearing perfume, you currently own several of collectible perfume bottles. Keep your favorite perfume bottles by starting a perfume bottle collection. Whether contemporary or antique, these perfume bottles, maintain their beauty as they increase in value over time!

Locating Collectible Perfume Bottles:

Buy Designer Perfumes

The easiest route for the new perfume bottle collector is to purchase a limited edition or seasonal perfume from a notable designer such as Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, or Dolce & Gabbana. At any given time, you’ll find nearly a hundred fragrances of limited-editions and seasonal fragrances in collector's perfume bottles. Many perfume manufacturers create collector's perfume bottles every year especially for their limited-edition and seasonal perfumes.

International Designer Perfumes

Many collectible perfumes are unfortunately limited to only one country. Yet, with the Internet, you can easily find the perfumes as well as the collectible perfume bottles that contain them. Some examples are:

• Chris 1947 by Christian Dior
• Hugo Boss, Boss in Motion Green Edition
• Opium Fleur De Shanghai, by Yves Saint Laurent
• CK One Summer, by Calvin Klein

Timeless Collectible Perfume Bottles

Another option in starting a perfume bottle collection is to purchase fragrances that have kept the same design since their original release. Chanel, Caron, Coty, Guerlain, Estee Lauder, and many other top perfume designers have created some exquisite collectible perfume bottles that are unchanged in design.

Once you have started to collect perfume bottles, you may decide to focus on antique or otherwise unique perfume bottles. For instance, rare but still available at auctions and antique stores are perfume bottles by Baccarat Glass and glassmaker Rene Lalique. They are in high demand and may sell for thousands of dollars.

You can also visit our store for rare and expensive, as well as not so rare, yet affordable fragrance bottles. Browse the Category collectible perfume bottles to see if we have the bottle you just MUST have.

Antique perfume bottles are made from porcelain and stone as well as glass. Some Egyptian perfume bottles date back to ancient times and others date almost to the cradle of civilization. Whether you choose, present or past collectibles, the perfume bottle is both a treasure of beauty and an example of the refinement of society throughout history.

When collecting these perfume bottles, one point worth remembering is that they are worth more if they're left unopened in their original boxes. Of course, in purchasing current limited-edition and seasonal perfumes, these bottles are easy to find. However, in the case of older and rarer perfume bottles look for those that have very few flaws. Although the flawless perfume bottle may be more expensive, its value grows faster than that of the contemporary perfume bottle.

Finding the Genuine, Collectible Perfume Bottles:

Knowledge is the key to any collection, including perfume bottles. The Internet is a valuable resource for the perfume bottle collector.

Auction web sites such as eBay can help you ensure that you don’t overpay for a collectible fragrance bottle or purchase an imposter. Auction sites can also help you estimate the going rate for many different types of collectible perfume bottles.

Check descriptions to see how prices reflect defects, cracks, and other flaws, and learn about current values of many of the historical and modern perfume bottles that you want to collect.

Buy books about collecting parfum or perfume bottles to make sure you know enough about the subject to prevent disappointments.

Among the many web sites that can help you learn more about collecting collectible perfume bottles, the best is the International Perfume Bottle Association (IPBA). The IPBA is the largest global organization of those who collect and delight in the exquisite variety of collectible perfume bottles: from atomizers to art glass, commercials to Victorian antiques, and many others. With thousands of members and regional chapters throughout the US, the IPBA can help you become an expert in finding and adding limited-edition and other collectible perfume bottles to your collection.

Enjoying Your Collectible Perfume Bottles:

Although collectible perfume bottles are a rewarding investment, it’s also an enjoyable hobby. As you build your collection, you’ll see how each perfume bottle is representative of the distinctive style of its era.

Yet, whether your main interest in collecting perfume bottles is for profit or pleasure, you’ll want to keep them out of harm’s way. Display your perfume bottle collection safely in a curio cabinet or other display cabinet. If you’re unable to display your collection, it’s best to keep them in cartons, with the individual perfume bottles swathed in protective wrap.

While collecting perfume bottles can be expensive, it’s well worthwhile when, you acquire the Rene Lalique perfume bottle or similar treasure; yours to keep and admire, to resell or display— a piece of handcrafted history in the palm of your hand, your collectible perfume bottle.