Perfume

If the perfume is an art, the object, which contains it, must be a masterpiece, the masterpiece of a craftsman.
~ Robert Ricci

Jean Paul Gaultier butterfly lady perfume bottle
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Ambre de Delhi
a perfume bottle for Babani, circa 1920

Peacock Perfum Bottle
by Robert Held of Vancouver, Canada

Flower Cane Perfum Bottle
by Robert Held

Perfume burner in the shape of a lion
Khurasan (Iran), 11th–12th century, the Louvre

Metal perfume bottle with flower design
The Tropenmuseum

Art Nouveau Perfume Labels

The cover of Perfume Bottles Auction is always amazing:

Links:

* The International Perfume Bottle Association Virtual Museum
* A New Orleans Museum of Art exhibit: Scents and Sensibility (Perfume Bottles & Related Accessories from Antiquity to Present)
* The Vintage Perfume Vault blog
* American Scent Bottles: 1770 to the Present
* Guerlain perfume bottles: from past to present
* A guide to silver overlay bottles (by someone who has written a lot of perfume bottle guides!)
* Making your own perfume
* Making a citrus pomander ball