Attention Collectors! You've heard of those gorgeous Baccarat crystal perfume urns or perfume fountains at Caron, right? Now is your lucky chance to finally own one!
A Little Background:
Step into the haute couture of Paris' fragrance boutiques with Parfums Caron, Montaigne. This luxe boutique showcases the Haute Parfumerie, featuring the glittering "Les Fontaines Baccarat" crystal and ormolu urns in the sumptuous "Louis XVI" style. Originally filled with one of Caron's six iconic perfumes, customers could have their chosen scent decanted into an elegant flacon. These gleaming urns contained exclusive, in-store-only parfums, once lost and discontinued, but revived as some of Caron's finest compositions.
The ritual of filling a perfume bottle from the fountain preserves the rich heritage of these perfumes. The parfums are collected from small bronze taps into bottles of all sizes, which are then adorned with an antique-style golden braid. Typically, the urns measure 18.5" tall (with lid) x 7" wide and have an 8" diameter. The square base measures 5" x 5" and is acid-stamped with the Baccarat logo.
In the New York Caron boutique, 12 Caron fountains modeled after those in the Paris boutique sold perfume by volume (7.5 milliliters for $80; 200 milliliters for $500). A full urn in Paris, priced at around $10,000 in 2000, equals approximately $18,575.12 in 2024. By 2009, a fountain containing perfume would set you back $25,000, equivalent to $37,125.08 in 2024.
I was just notified that one of these fabulous treasures is up for sale. This example, once containing the lovely perfume En Avion, boasts an exquisite ormolu plaque on the front. Normally, these urns have the name painted directly onto the glass, making this example even more special.
These Baccarat urns DO NOT come up for sale very often. Don’t miss your chance to own a piece of perfume history! In 2015, an empty urn, even without its lid and in chipped and damaged condition, sold for $4,000 (equal to $5,366.51 in 2024). Get it before someone else does!
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