Perfume Bottle Atomizers - A Brief History - By: Jade Honeywell

Perfume in some form or other has been around since ancient
times. The Mesopotamians and Egyptians, Greeks and Romans
annointed their bodies with perfumed oils and ointments. And in
order to keep their products fresh they needed containers to
store them. Archaeological excavations have unearthed pottery
and alabaster containers in Egyptian tombs and beautiful ceramic
and glass containers from around the Mediterranean.

Perfume bottles have always been as captivating as the perfume
they contained and various styles have been created over the
years. Murano and Venetian glass makers started making exquisite
perfume bottles in the 16th and 17th centuries and the British
mastered enamel and porcelain in the 18th. During the 19th
Century, with the advent of mass production, individually made
perfume bottles were replaced with a highly designed but
uniformly produced containers.

Initially, the big perfume makers did not have atomizers on
their bottles but instead had some sort of cork or glass plug or
stopper. The glass stopper could be used as a "dabber". To place
the perfume on the body.

Later, when atomizers became popular it was considered as a high
form of elegance for women to decant their best perfumes into
atomized bottles. Most perfume bottle atomizers have a small,
bulbous pump that is squeezed on one end, which will direct the
perfume out of the bottle. This was seen as a much daintier
means of applying the perfume and could control the amount of
perfume sprayed.

Today, there are numerous antique perfume bottle atomizers that
memorabilia lovers are eager to collect. Many women have kept
their atomizers from when they were young and have passed them
down to their daughters and grandchildren. Some atomizer
manufacturers are particularly collectible such as Devilbiss,
Marcel Franck, Volupte, Marcel Franck, Aristo, and Irice.

Recently there has been a resurgence in hand-made and hand-blown
perfume bottles. Created as works of art, these unique pieces
are highly sought after by collectors, some of whom concentrate
on a particular artist and some on a particular type such as
atomizers. However, although the modern perfume bottle atomizers
are very beautiful, many would agree that nothing beats the
atomizers of yesteryear. They were unique, came in various
designs and now are collector's items.

Perfume in some form or other has been around since ancient
times. The Mesopotamians and Egyptians, Greeks and Romans
annointed their bodies with perfumed oils and ointments. And in
order to keep their products fresh they needed containers to
store them.

Jade Honeywell writes regularly on womens beauty and health
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