Reddit reviews Antique Trader Perfume Bottles Price Guide

Oh the fragrance hobby is no joke, people pay literally thousands of dollars a bottle for rare and exotic perfumes by artisan perfumers. There are review channels on YouTube, fragrance-centric blogs and Instagram accounts, books about the history and aesthetic value of fragrances. There’s even different scenes in the hobby like those who only do natural scents without alcohol, the essential oil crowd, the people who buy only vintage unopened bottles from 70+ years ago, people who collect just the bottles, people who trade fragrances like the subs r/FragranceSwap and r/PerfumeExchange; to those who make a deal to split the cost of a bottle of perfume and divide it afterwards to save money on subs like r/fragsplits and r/SplitFrags; those hardcore into home fragrance like luxury candles by a company dating back to the 1600s that made candles for Marie Antoinette, the incense lovers who spend $700 on Japanese incense made of rare woods by a company that makes incense for the Japanese Imperial family, to the folks who look for rare (and sometimes illegal) perfume ingredients made from animal products like ambergris (basically, whale vomit from whales that consume mainly squid; it’s used as a fixative and is supposed to have a mild, spicy odor) or [civet oil](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civet_(perfumery) (an oil procured from the anal glands of a small cat-like animal - yes, really - that’s used to extend a perfume’s lifespan and strength). It even has its own vocabulary of specialist terminology with which to describe different scents and odors: “head note”, “sillage”, “drydown”, “accord” - there’s an entire language that fragrance lovers use to communicate how they perceive fragrance.

It’s an insanely deep hobby, one with a history spanning literally thousands of years and traditions, not to mention a global industry that’s projected to reach $48 billion dollars in valuation. Turn away now, before you get sucked in lol.