The History of the Perfume Bottle

There are many fragrant essential oils and aromapractice and many famous glass manufacturers,
compounds that are the raw materials for makinglike Murano, originated from there.
perfumes. The perfumes help us sooth our body.These manufacturers produced latticework effect
In order not to lose the fragrance throughin the bottles by the decoration on the glasses
evaporation, air tight containers or bottles are awith contrasting colors. However, the Germans
must for storing perfumes.were famous for producing white glass bottles
Eau de toilette and Eau de Cologne containingwhich contained various designs with
bottles are examples of safe perfume storage.embellishments and enamels. In the later 18th and
They prevent the perfume from escaping due19th centuries, England also popularised new types
their tight lids or stoppers. There is also a need toof perfume bottles made of varied raw materials
prevent sunlight entering the bottles causinglike enamel, silver, porcelain etc.
chemical changes to the contents, and this isGlass vials with lids or stoppers were a standard
possible through use of colored, opaque orpart of the enamel perfume bottles to contain the
faceted glass bottles.perfume. These bottles also contained fabulous
Even very early civilisations relished anddecorations like flowers, sceneries, landscapes etc.
extensively made use of perfumes. The EgyptianPorcelain is also a preferred raw material for
tombs, which are historically very old, were foundmaking these bottles.
to be having in their store perfume bottles givingMany imaginative shapes and sizes of these
credence to their very early use.bottles are very common. You can see them in
The Renaissance period in Venice was famous forthe shape of nuts, golf balls, shells and so on.
the manufacture of fancy and decorativeLadies especially liked the Victorian style of bottles
perfume glass bottles. Later in the 16th and 17thfor the perfumes as they had a delicate and
centuries, many other nations like England, France,feminine touch. These are liked by them even
and Silesia also started using these attractivetoday and some women have an exclusive hobby
perfume bottles. Italy, which originatedof collecting such treasured perfume bottles.
manufacture of perfume bottles, continued the