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 Responses
I love all Thierry Mugler fragrance colour & bottles
If the bottle is beautiful and attracting it’s worth trying the scent a bonus if the scent is amazing
YSL Manifesto Elixir, I like the ‘cut’ as well as the purple! And then the classic lady figure.
I use Swarovski Miss Aura every day. I love it so much. And the bottle is sooooooooooooo pretty!!!!
The scent, of course is most important but as the others have alredy said, if the bottle is attractive, I’m more inclined to try it
I buy a fragrance for it’s scent, but if it’s in a beautiful bottle, I would probably reach for it more.
It’s quite an indulgent purchase for me so if I spend that kind of money on designer fragrances, it better look the part, too.
I love a pretty bottle.. A gorgeous scent deserves a beautiful bottle.
For me the most timeless purfume is J’dore!
The bottle is so simplisticly beautifull and feminine without being presumptuous or overdone which allows me to actually appreciate the scent that it holds
If the bottle catches my eye, I try the scent.
i’m attracted by the bottle first, then I try the scent. Pretty perfume bottles are a great addition to any dressing table