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how important is bottle design for you

post #1 of 24
1/29/13 at 7:21am
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To me, bottles are very important. I personally like to collect the bottles and I would prefer not to have generic decant bottles for anything over an oz. I do have a lean full-bottle collection, so it would stick out like a sore thumb if I had a generic clear bottle. Besides, I think most bottles look beautiful. They are art to me.

I don't NEED bottle design, but it's something I would prefer and pay a little bit more for.
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post #2 of 24
1/29/13 at 9:37am
Relatively unimportant for me - the contents are of far greater interest.
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post #3 of 24
1/29/13 at 9:46am
Not important at all.
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post #4 of 24
1/29/13 at 9:55am
I like a nice bottle, but ultimately every fragrance gets decanted into a 5 mL atomiser; I only see the actual bottle when I need to refill the atomiser. So, I'm with Jon.
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post #5 of 24
1/29/13 at 9:55am
The frag is paramount. The bottle is a bonus.
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post #6 of 24
1/29/13 at 9:59am
Not even a little tiny bit. All I care about is the scent.

As a consumer of design, I prefer sleek, clean, functional and unornamented, too. A fancy, fiddly bottle is not only a detriment to use, I find it personally unappealing.
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post #7 of 24
1/29/13 at 10:08am
Not that important, though a nice bottle is a plus of course. There are some bottles that I dislike to such an extend that they reduce the urge to try a fragrance.
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post #8 of 24
1/29/13 at 10:43am
My interest is minimal, with very few exceptions the bottle is an irrelevance.
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post #9 of 24
1/29/13 at 11:17am
Good design in anything is a bonus but bottle design would never influence my decision about a fragrance. But think about it, no matter how appealing the bottle design is, chances are that most of us keep them in their boxes anyway to protect the fragrance!!

If you like to look at and handle a great bottle, check out Ramon Monegal.
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post #10 of 24
1/29/13 at 11:30am
Not important at all. Otherwise, I wouldn't own any PdNs.

To me, the beauty of a bottle is separate from what's inside, although I certainly do appreciate it when a bottle is well-designed, whether for utilitarian or aesthetic (or both) reasons.
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post #11 of 24
1/29/13 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by Rüssel View Post

There are some bottles that I dislike to such an extend that they reduce the urge to try a fragrance.

I can see some people being turned off by the Bond No 9 bottles, despite a few decent scents (Bleecker Street and Washington Square spring to mind). Collector's items or abominations ? - the latter for me I'm afraid..
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post #12 of 24
1/29/13 at 12:19pm
I don't care at all how a bottle looks, unless it's actually disgusting like "Le Male" or some of the cruder bottles pictured here from time to time, which, needless to say, is a detractor to a fragrance getting into my collection. Some bottles are so awkwardly designed that although interesting or aesthetic, they do not allow for simple application of the fragrance, and that just irks me. So, in other words, a bottle can be a negative, but I never buy anything for the pretty container.
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post #13 of 24
1/29/13 at 12:47pm
It's relatively important to me. I like a good bottle design, but it won't keep me away from something if I think it looks terrible...that being said I don't think I have anything in my collection that I'd consider "ugly" Maybe Bond No. 9 or Montale's cheap feeling bottle, but I like the diversity.

I will go out of my way to get a bottle as opposed to a decant of something, even if the price difference is huge. Looking at you Le Labo city exclusives.
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post #14 of 24
1/29/13 at 12:49pm
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post #15 of 24
1/29/13 at 1:34pm
I've never had hope or expectations of a perfume bottle looking nice.
Perfumers are in the business of perfumery not glass art , therefore it's unfair to expect effort put into bottle design.
If it's there, then it's a pleasant plus
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post #16 of 24
1/29/13 at 1:37pm
I've never had hope or expectations of a perfume bottle looking nice.
Perfumers are in the business of perfumery not glass art , therefore it's unfair to expect effort put into bottle design.
If it's there, then it's a pleasant plus
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post #17 of 24
1/29/13 at 1:47pm
The frag is the main thing of course, but speaking as someone who put up with those original Bulgari Black bottles for years, good design matters.
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post #18 of 24
1/29/13 at 2:22pm
I love a fabulous bottle, and even have a few perfumes I don't wear simply because of the bottle ...they look beautiful on my vanity and I don't have to worry too much about the perfume inside being exposed to heat or light. That said, an ugly bottle won't stop me from buying a perfume I love, but of course the ideal is a stunning perfume in an equally stunning bottle. I always love beautiful perfumes no matter what the bottle looks like, and I sometimes love beautiful bottles no matter what the perfume smells like, lol!
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post #19 of 24
1/29/13 at 3:33pm
I like to buy large, beautiful, empty flacons simply because they look great on my dressing table. All the juice is stored elsewhere.
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post #20 of 24
1/30/13 at 1:24am
I love a beautiful bottle. It enhances the the enjoyment of applying the perfume. Perfume isn't just an olfactory experience, it's a visual and tactile experience too. I remember the first time I used Prada Prada and it came in a heavy rectangular bottle of good quality glass. The notes were written on a chrome plate on top and I just loved it. I couldn't stop touching it - I wanted to lick it I liked it so much and I hadn't even tried the perfume. Cheap glass or an ugly bottle does reduce the experience.

That said I won't buy a perfume I don't like for the bottle, or ignore a perfume I do like because of an ugly bottle. And of course I don't leave any of my perfumes out of their boxes.

I have a small collection of vintage crystal perfume decanters for my dressing table. And I love flower arranging so I often use old bottle as vases.
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post #21 of 24
1/31/13 at 5:56am
Well said, grasslands (welcome to Basenotes btw).

A beautiful and well thought out bottle design adds to the overall fragrance wearing experience. Imagine applying your holy grail from a bottle that is not only difficult to handle with but has a faulty spray mechanism to boot. It simply sucks! Yes, you can always decant them out but why should you in the first place?

My fragrances do double duty as aesthetic pieces for display as long as they qualify as one. Those that come in clear glass don't make the grade for obvious reasons.
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post #22 of 24
1/31/13 at 8:59am
If I am already familiar with the scent, only the contents will matter, as long as the bottle is minimally sufficient to store, shelter and to dose these very contents.

If I happen not to know the scent, a bottle might attract my eagerness to test and become familiar with it, but still, no
"make or break", "all or nothing", "deal or no deal" etc. argument, because if the contents are bad, not the best bottle can save them, or, conversely, if the contents are stunning, no bad looking bottle (unless the bottle is technically unsuitable, unusably improper) can scare me off or make me think twice.
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post #23 of 24
2/1/13 at 12:41pm
There are enough fragrances around that I never feel the need to buy an ugly bottle containing good juice as there are so many beautiful bottles containing good juice.
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post #24 of 24
2/1/13 at 2:29pm
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i tend to like how all my bottles look. even the most flamboyant ones like le male and 1 million i like.
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