these ornate bottles usually fall into art nouveau or art deco design. Also, look for signatures or stamps of authenticity ...

Guerlain's iconic Shalimar perfume, created in 1925, comes in an elegant and highly recognizable art-deco bottle with a fan-shaped stopper ($305 for one ounce; neimanmarcus.com). Some bottles send ...

“The World of Art Deco” showcased hundreds of objects, from automobiles to perfume bottles. In 1974, a major art deco show was held at the lavish Radio City Music Hall, a building that was ...

A tiny bottle of Favorite Cream Root Beer held enough concentrate to make five gallons of the heady stuff. In a half-dollar-sized 1920s or ’30s art deco bottle, the old smell of the flowery ...

At its apex in the mid-1920s, Cristalleries de Nancy was not only producing glittering homewares, like vases and glasses, but jewel-like art deco perfume bottles for Guerlain and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Emily is a New York-based writer and InStyle's evergreen and special projects editor. Guerlain's Shalimar comes in an opulent bottle inspired by the Shalimar Gardens, an 80-acre complex erected by ...

René Lalique was a seminal French glass designer known for his Art Nouveau and Art Deco perfume bottles, chandeliers, vases, and jewelry. Widely revered and influential in the decorative arts, Lalique ...

With its mysterious flavor, its gracefully grooved art deco bottle and a lovely brand mythology about how its elderflowers were harvested by little old men on bicycles in some idyllic French ...

The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes launched the style we now call art deco, and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles has been celebrating all weekend at one ...