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Tuesday, December 26, 2023
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Friday, December 15, 2023
A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE IPBA
The International Perfume Bottle Association has a special message for all non-members:
For a limited time on January 1st and 2nd, the ENTIRE IPBA website will be open to the public, so that all may see the many benefits of joining the IPBA.
All site visitors will be able to see:
- Our Virtual Museum of over 8,600 perfumes, vanity items, ephemera, advertisements, and more
- Our Company Histories of over 190 perfume and vanity item companies, glassmakers, and artists
- Featured Articles on specialized types of scent containers and vanity items
- Our PBQ Archive of over 35 years of our award-winning Perfume Bottle Quarterly magazines in PDF form
- Our Resources page which contains a list of our member’s websites – many of which sell perfume and vanity items
- An extensive Glossary of Terms
- Our Places of Interest list of museums world-wide that have feature perfumes and vanity items
- A catalog of our extensive Lending Library of research materials available to members
Check here for additional benefits of joining the IPBA!
IPBA members – here’s your chance to show off our website to your friends and family, and especially those who might be interested in joining the IPBA. In the process you may earn rewards from our Member Get A Member program!
During the Open House, the public may sign in using the User Name: freewebsitelogin@perfumebottles.org and Password: free
Our Mission:
The purpose of the International Perfume Bottle Association is to provide information and education about all aspects of perfume and scent bottles, compacts, purses, ephemera, and other related vanity items, including researching their uses, history, manufacture, and significance; to promote collecting of these items; and to promote fellowship among its members and outreach to other collectors.
Friday, December 8, 2023
Friday, December 1, 2023
Thoroughbred by John Henry c1985
Thoroughbred was inspired by a horse, owned by John Henry, who won the racing industry's 1984 Horse of the Year and first horse ever to win more than $6 million in purses.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Plant Spirits Splashing Waters by Origins c1992
Estee Lauder's Origins Natural Resources Inc, the all-natural cosmetics and skin care line, introduced "Plant Spirits Splashing Waters" in 1992, which according to press materials, are "fragrance, mood -altering splashes for the body" that "sneak into your subconscious to lift your outlook, quietly alter your vision of yourself and the world around you. Only you are aware that you are wearing them." The group of scents used light, and soothing natural essences that promised not to overwhelm.
Daria Myers, a marketing vice president at Origins at the time said that the company did a round of market research and it showed that their customers used many unscented products, and "that type of person doesn't like a heavy fragrance, either." She added that "It said a much greater number of women wear fragrance to please themselves, instead of to please a man, which is how it was in the 80s."
Myers explained that the Plant Spirits Splashing Waters were "designed to be doused all over. You can wear them head to toe because they aren't overpowering."
Four scents were available:
- Spirits of the Forest had notes of woody oils.
- Spirits of the Night had notes of spicy cinnamon, patchouli and cloves.
- Spirits of the Sun had a warm herbal scent.
- Spirits of the Gardens had notes of fresh cut jasmine, violet and leaf geranium
Welcome!
One of the goals of this website is to show the present owners of the various perfumes and cologne brands that are featured here how much we miss the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back these fragrances!
Please leave a comment below (for example: of why you liked the fragrance, describe the scent, time period or age you wore it, who gave it to you or what occasion, any specific memories, what it reminded you of, maybe a relative wore it, or you remembered seeing the bottle on their vanity table, did you like the bottle design), who knows, perhaps someone from the company brand might see it.
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