Treasure Your Antique Perfume Bottles

There are a number of different types of perfumes and each one is usually packaged in it's own unique perfume bottle. Perfume bottles are generally attractive and eye-catching to increase the appeal of the perfume inside so it is comes as no surprise that the perfume bottling business is a big business.

Pochet SA Is A Famous Bottle Maker

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

The means of making a perfume bottle changed and during the thirties they began to be made by machine and most of the inspiration for such bottles seemed to come from Hollywood, while a company named Lalique that was subsequently bought by Pochet had an excellent bottle that contained the 1932 classic scent named Je Reviens that essentially resembled a skyscraper from New York and the whole thing came in a package in a chrome finished box.

Another interesting feature of the perfume bottle is that 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. In fact, 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.

So, the next time you go overseas makes sure to check out the many antique shops that may have an antique perfume bottle for you to buy. However, that is easier said than done because many of these bottles have an asking price in thousands of dollars, and so before you buy one of these bottles, you should not spend on something that is not to your liking, and if you 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.

Antique shops are a great place to find beautiful perfume bottles but you should also visit estate and yard sales, flea markets and thrift stores, and of course don't forget Internet auction and other websites.