How to Identify Vintage Perfume
A comprehensive walkthrough on how to check stamps, labels, and physical markers.
How to Identify Vintage Perfume
This guide explains how to date a bottle of perfume when you don't have the original box.
Key Bottle Features
1. **Baudruchage**: A traditional technique of sealing perfume bottles with a thin membrane and gold thread. Mostly used for Extrait/Parfums.
2. **Aerosol Gas**: Early spray bottles from the 1960s and 1970s used pressurized gas propellant. These have metal collars and spray continuously.
3. **Base Labels**: Paper, foil, or silk-screened text on the bottom. Look for pre-zipcode addresses (e.g., "Paris 8" or "New York NY 10022" without street numbers).