Perfume Bottles

  • Perfume Bottle Atomizers - A Brief History
    Perfume in some form or other has been around since ancient times. The Mesopotamians and Egyptians, Greeks and Romans anointed their bodies with perfumed oils and ointments. And in order to keep their products fresh they needed containers to store them. Archaeological excavations have unearthed pottery and alabaster containers in Egyptian tombs and beautiful ceramic and glass containers from around the Mediterranean. Perfume bottles have always been as captivating as the perfume they contained Read More...
  • The Pursuit of How to Make Perfume - The Most Important Perfume Substance
    In my pursuit of "How to Make Perfume" I discovered that in ancient times olibanum was, without doubt, the most important perfume-substance. It was introduced into commerce by the Phenicians, and, like many other substances, it received from them its name, which was adopted by other nations. Thus, the Hebrews called the tree lebonah, the Arabs, lubah, while the Greeks named it, Mj3ai>6$, and the resin derived from it, the cele- brated frankincense of the ancients, iipavot oj, Latin, oli- banum. Read More...
  • On the Scent Of The Antique Perfume Bottle
    Though the exotic fragrances within them may have long since evaporated into thin air, the perfume bottles of yesteryear are even more treasured today than they were for their contents in centuries past. Antique perfume bottles have become the object of many collectors, and exquisite examples of these small treasures are found in antique shops around the world. But because the prices demanded for antique perfume bottles can range from a few, to a few thousand, dollars, the beginning collector Read More...
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