Antique Perfume Bottles Are A Much Treasured Possession

By Charlotte Hargreaves

Collecting antique perfume bottles has become much more popular in recent times especially with the advent of such new and interesting markets as online auctions.The numbers of varied types of perfumes is undeniably huge which means that there is a need to carry at least those many different perfume bottles similarly. Essentially, these bottles serve to appeal to the client helping to sell the perfume and thus must be attractive and sure to catch the eye; consequently, it really should not surprise anyone that the perfume bottling business is huge and amongst the innumerable manufacturers of such bottles, the name of Pochet SA – a French corporation stands out.

Pochet SA Is A Most Celebrated Bottle Maker

If you have ever bought a bottle of Givenchy, Coty, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and Calvin Klein or any other equally celebrated brands of perfume, there is a great chance that the perfume bottle has been assembled by Pochet which is a corporation that descended from Verreries du Courval and also Pochet DeRoche that have very many years of experience in producing glass and porcelain items. In fact, the first and foremost perfume bottle that contained designer perfume was commissioned by Empress Eugenie in the year 1858 and was the task of Verreries du Courval.

The means of making a perfume bottle changed and during the 1930’s they began to be fabricated by machine and major part of the inspiration for such bottles appeared to come from Hollywood, while an organization named Lalique that was subsequently bought by Pochet had an excellent bottle that contained the 1932 classic fragrance named Je Reviens that on the whole resembled a skyscraper from New York and came in a package in a chrome finished box.

Another interesting feature of the perfume bottle is when the scent has been used and the fragrances are gone, the bottles, especially those from bygone days are items that are treasured even further than the scents that they held. In truth, if you are lucky enough to own an antique perfume bottle, you may well be the owner of a minor treasure that will fetch a fantastic price and which is much sought after by other bottle collectors.

So, the next time you go overseas ensure to inspect the numerous antique shops that may carry an antique perfume bottle for sale. Nevertheless, that is easier said than done because many of these bottles have an asking price in thousands of dollars, and pretty much prior to you purchasing one of these bottles, you had better not spend on something that is not to your liking, and if you cannot help but collect these bottles, do so with those that you find really attractive in that you can take pleasure from them for further years to come.

You can even find antique perfume bottles in places other than antique shops, and apt places to look for them include estate sales or auctions, yard sales, flea markets and also thrift stores and especially Internet auctions.

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