Perfume is one of the most powerful cosmetics around. With just a spritz, it can unlock memories, make us feel glamorous, and even serve as a prelude to romance. There’s also a lovely sense of ritual ...

Perfume isn’t cheap, whether we’re talking Baccarat or Chanel. Sometimes it’s the brand’s big name. Sometimes it’s the luxurious fragrances within the bottle. And sometimes it’s the bottle that holds ...

Atomizers are bottles with flexible stoppers that pump air into a liquid in order to create a mist. An atomizer reduces liquid to fine droplets and delivers it as an airborn spray. Many, especially ...

Today’s collectors are considering and collecting vintage perfumes, both nationally and internationally. While the scents are alluring, the design of the perfume bottles are what attracts one to a ...

Long before minimalism and refillable spritzers, perfume bottles were works of art. Crystal stoppers, hand-painted glass, and sculpted silhouettes turned fragrance into a luxury display piece—and ...

Women and men have worn perfume for millennia. Excavated burials tell us the Egyptian as well as ancient Chinese wore it, and later the Greeks and Romans. They kept perfumes in some kind of container, ...

Typically, when you think of collector's items, you might think about jewellery, artworks or gold coins. However, something else to consider are perfume bottles. If you have perfume bottles from the ...

One recent evening Julian Bedel was standing amid the cobalt-blue shelves of Fueguia 1833, his perfume shop in lower Manhattan, explaining how he came to be selling vintage batches of his artisanal ...

Perfume is always a popular Mother’s Day gift. It combines luxury and sentiment — the sense of smell is closely linked to emotion and memory — and lasts much longer than a bouquet of flowers. Perfume ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Fragrance Focus: Niche fragrances (typically created by independent perfumers, as ...

I am a major glutton for faux gold jewelry (the gaudier, the better!), but lately the idea of good Mexican silver feels lighter and more of the moment. I really like this little gem—a vintage perfume ...