Antique Perfume Bottles

The Wonderful World of Collecting Perfume Bottles holds a sweet scent for lots of collectors. Included in the newly released book is coverage of 19th century perfume bottles plus chapters on the specific decades of the 20th century. There are hundreds of color photographs ranging from an 1880s French cologne item to Alexandra Essence of the 1990s. Robert Reed - Antique and Collectible News Service, May 2006.

This second edition begins with the section "From the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Club," written by members of the International Perfume Bottle Association. Three companies, the House of Guerlain, the W. & H. Walker Company, and the Bacorn Company, are given special chapters. Most of the rest of the book groups perfume bottles by date. A special section on perfume scent cards is another feature of the book.