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What is a perfume factice?
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A perfume factice is an oversize bottle of perfume used as a display at a cosmetics or makeup counter in a store. Some people collect full or empty factice bottles. The highly decorative bottles also make appealing decorative accents. On 1stDibs, find a collection of factices.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Large Doulton Fluted Glass Factice Display Perfume Bottle
Located in Nottingham, GB
Deep vertical fluting runs around the globular clear glass body of this large factice perfume bottle, creating strong optical reflections and light refractions across the thick cryst...
Category
Late 20th Century Bottles
Materials
Metal
Vintage Boucheron Jaïpur Giant Factice Exhibition Display Perfume Bottle
Located in Nottingham, GB
Measuring 27 cm in height by 26 cm in width, this substantial dummy flacon was manufactured exclusively for fragrance displays and promotional exhibitions rather than domestic retail...
Category
Late 20th Century Bottles
Materials
Metal
Vintage Helena Rubinstein 'Barynia' Giant Factice Perfume Bottle, France
Located in Nottingham, GB
Originating in France around 1985 to coincide with the launch of the Barynia scent, this piece exemplifies luxury promotional design of the late twentieth century. Factice presentati...
Category
Late 20th Century Bottles
Materials
Metal
Lanvin Arpege Store Display Factice Crystal Perfume Bottle, 4 pieces
By Lanvin Paris, Jeanne Lanvin
Located in Atlanta, GA
The assorted-scale, streamlined bottles feature Lanvin "Arpege" fragrance perfume bottles. Jeanne Lanvin created the perfume and its packaging in the 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Deco Bottles
Materials
Crystal
Vintage 12" Samsara Guerlain Paris Lrg Factice Red Perfume Display Dummy Bottle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Samsara Guerlain Paris Large Factice Red Perfume Display Empty Dummy Bottle. Circa Late 20th Century.
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Bottles
Materials
Glass
Nina Ricci Large Nina Factice Perfume Bottle, Lalique Design, Pochet du Courval
Located in Nottingham, GB
Moulded with sweeping, fan-like flutes across a rounded body, this large French display bottle centres on an asymmetric clear aperture framed by frosted relief carving. Designed in c...
Category
Late 20th Century Bottles
Materials
Glass


