There are so many scents on the shelves, each one conjuring up a memory or two. There is also nothing better than buying or receiving a beautiful scent that is packaged in a beautiful container that can sit prettily on your dressing table. Whether it’s a leopard’s face or a simple crystal, we rounded up some of our favourite fragrance bottles that we think are really special.
Thierry Mugler Alien Extraordinaire EDT 60ml, R715 | Carolina Herrera CH Sublime EDP Spray 50ml, R1 030 | La Panthère de Cartier 75ml, R1 276 | Especially Escada EDP 30ml, R540 | Swarovski Miss Aura EDT, 50ml, R595 | Issey Miyake Pleats Please EDP 30ml, R615.00 | YSL Manifesto Elixir 50ml, R1 170 | Jean Paul Gaultier Classique EDT 50ml, R835
Do you buy a fragrance for the bottle or for the scent?
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18 comments
Phiandre Burke
I do believe a beautiful bottle and well marketed packaging aids a lot in the selling proses of fragrances, especially if the designs are vintage inspired… from the late 1800’s :-)
Jo-ann Adams
I attended the launch of La Panthere de Cartier fragrance at Sandton City last year. The dynamics of why and how the bottle has the shape of a Panther was very interesting! The cat look, the Perfumer, the package, the bottle, well what else can I say, the fragrance smells absolutely divine!
Ashmitha Ramgathi
Jean Paul Gaultier bottles are very cute but one of my all-time faves is J-Lo – Glow. The bottle with the little diamante necklace is so suave and classic
ProMakeupMe
I always feel too sad to throw my bottles away after the perfume is finished! They’re like little works of art!!
Mark Parr
Wow, the most attractive bottles,and the steep prices that go with them. I still rather stay with my brand and that is Estee Lauder White Linen. Lingers the whole day.
Fuhri
I absolutely love the look of a fragrance bottle. It is the first thing that attracts me.
Juliana Clacher
Gorgeous bottles!
Lady-T
Just bought Thierry Mugler’s Angel, I’m so in love with my smell right now, I have such a HUGE EGO cos I have smell to back it up
Lady-T
I love all Thierry Mugler fragrance colour & bottles
thokozilemohohole
If the bottle is beautiful and attracting it’s worth trying the scent a bonus if the scent is amazing