Iconic Perfume Bottle Designs

The perfume bottles people recognize before they read the label, from Guerlain's Art Deco crystal to the torso bottles of the 1990s and a gold ingot from 2008. Each photo shows one bottle, and a bottle earns its place only if the design itself became famous: a designer's idea, a house symbol or a shape that has stayed in production for decades. Most photos show the bottle as it is sold today, so you can compare the shapes side by side; two early designs appear as a museum piece and a store display bottle. The gallery runs in order of launch year.