Researching antique perfume bottles, I came across the Museo del Perfume in Barcelona. What a gem! It’s gutting to know that this has been open since the 1960s and that not one of my visits to Barcelona ever included a visit to the Museo del Perfume. I’m such a sucker for pretty decorative things. I spend hours in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris every chance I get. Shame. Next time. It looks absolutely packed with thousands of perfume bottles… ungent urns from thousands of years ago right up to the great bottle design by Coty and that ilk at the turn of the last century. My favourite is this little contraption:
Here’s a sampling of some of the other items on display. The site’s not entirely user friendly but it’s still worth a browse. If you’re in Barcelona soon, head to 39, Paseo de Gracia for a 30 minute break from child pickpockets and Gaudi:
Bottles from the early 1900s
Bottles from the 1800s
D’orsay bottles from the early 1900s
Coty bottles from 1910
Elizabeth Arden bottles from the 1930s
(All images from Museu del Perfum)
Posted on 17 May 2008
Tags: Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue from the United States Elizabeth Arden perfume company in 1996 produced, the early transfer from Lilac, bodhi tree flowers, incense Mulan, Linglan, the Chinese orange, bergamot orange composition; tune in Bulgaria rose, violet, jasmine, India - Stemmed roses, peach, lilac leaves; tone from the extract of amber, musk Tibet, sandalwood, a perfume grass.
Fifth Avenue expression of female self-confident, modern and elegant side of wisdom for modern city in the self-confidence, fashion and the pursuit of personal style of women. Generous bottle design clean lines, very modern rhythm to the skyscrapers of Manhattan, New York side of the bottle lines, elegant.
