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The earliest perfume bottles were made of silica, or glass, and the Pharaonic Egyptians learned the key glass form technique from the Mesopotamians to create matching containers for their perfumes, oils, or balms.
In 4000 BC, the ancient Egyptians invented the method of making glass, and the development of glass containers began. Around 1500 BC, well-crafted glass perfume bottles appeared, often in dark blue, opaque or transparent bottles, decorated with blue, white or yellow zigzag stripes in the typical Lalique style of the period.At the same time, the Greeks and Romans used bottles made of alabaster, agate, and porphyry to keep their perfumes cool and easier to preserve. Perfume bottles of these materials are still used in Greece and Rome today, but they are much more elegant in design. Ancient Roman perfume bottles were often made into jars decorated with birds, animals, and heads.
In the 18th century, Chinese porcelain was used as a new material to make perfume bottles. Meissen in Germany, Sevres in France, Chelsea in England, and other places became centers of porcelain production, and simple porcelain perfume bottles began to appear on fashionable dressers. Then the Syrians invented the art of glass blowing, which allowed glass to be set before it cooled, a major technological advance. Then came the method of blowing glass into a mold so that bottles of the same shape could be produced over and over again.
By the end OF THE 19th century, most perfumes sold in stores were stored in common containers, but clever perfumers had begun to bottle them at home, requiring a large number of beautiful bottles to be sold to meet individual needs. Since then, the appearance of the bottle has become a very important factor in determining the sales of perfume, and the design of the perfume bottle has been changed to appeal to those who are likely to buy it.