Guest pick: four vintage pieces and their history

Lena | February 6, 2009 | 0 Comments

Guerlain perfume bottle (Vintage bottles start from £45)
The so called “bee bottle”, this was Guerlain’s first commercial perfume bottle. Covered with a pattern of bees it was originally used for the Eau de Cologne Imperiale, created for the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III. There is no doubt that this decorative bottle has prettied-up somebody’s dressing table over the years.

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