Old perfumes from the 1990s are suddenly fetching up to £500, while an early bottle of Chanel No 5 sold for £13,000 last month.

with perfume bottles prized as much for their artful exteriors as the fragrance they held; these ornate bottles usually fall ...

1930 Art Deco Czech Josef Schmidt perfume bottle. Embodying the elegance of the Art Deco era, this amber glass bottle with a faceted design and ornate silver plaque sold for $18,000 (R342,000).

And Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers sold an empty 1921 bottle of the original design for a staggering £13,000 earlier this year. Gucci Envy perfume launched in 1997, however the scent wasn't around ...

I never set out to become a perfumer. It all happened just because of this lovely bottle of perfume. My mother gave it to me when I was 12 years old. And for me this was like a bottle of perfume ...