Six Inspiring Holiday Fragrance Bottles
Fragrance sales in Canada are up 8% for 2025 and the bulk of the year’s sales will happen in the next six weeks. Here is a preview of the eye-popping holiday collector perfume bottles. (Perfume bottle collecting and auctions are becoming increasingly popular.) I spoke with CHCH Morning Live Co-Host Annette Hamm about this growing trend.
Jean Paul Gaultier Divine Eau de Parfum Collector 2025, 100 ml, $223
Gaultier’s award-winning gourmand-floral-marine eau de parfum for her features a sparkling tartan corset of festive fabric. It’s inspired by the designer’s past ready-to-wear fashion collections. The alluring scent features notes of meringue, salt and lily.
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Elixir Collector 2025, 125 ml, $196
This intense aromatic-amber collector edition for him dresses the torso flacon with a festive tartan fabric. The global-bestselling fragrance blends notes of lavender, tonka bean and benzoin.
Carolina Herrera Good Girl Eau de Parfum Bowtastic Collector, 80 ml, $205
“The idea is simple. If we dress in our finest on New Year’s Eve, why shouldn’t our fragrances do the same,” explains Carolina A Herrera of the inspiration for the Bowtastic editions. The seductive gourmand fragrance for her contains notes of jasmine, cocoa, coffee and tonka bean.
Carolina Herrera Good Girl Blush Eau de Parfum Bowtastic, 80 ml, $225
Good Girl Blush, gives the fragrance a fresh spin with two distinct vanilla extractions with romantic peony and ylang-ylang. The bottle is dressed with a radiant pink bow.
Rabanne Fame Feline Collector, 80 ml, $220
Rabanne’s global smash Fame Eau de Parfum is dressed in a leopard-print faux fur dress to turn every head at the party. It features the original XX fragrance, just dressed in a new outfit for holiday 2025. The fruity-floral scent for her blends notes of mango, pure jasmine and creamy incense for a warm, comforting effect.
BOSS Bottled Beyond by Hugo Boss, 100 ml, $180
The world’s first prestige ginger-leather fragrance is a revelation. It will appeal to both men and women thanks to a careful blend of smooth woods, bright ginger and a leather accord. Using innovative CO2 Extraction technology, spicy ginger delivers a long-lasting scent enriched with the sensuality of grained leather.
Tips for Collecting Fragrance Bottles
If you are collecting fragrance bottles, keep them in their original packaging. These go for the highest prices at auctions.
There are a number of perfume bottle collector sites on social media where you can learn which bottles are most desirable.
Artistic collaborations with fragrance houses can result in some of the most valuable perfume bottles over time.
Store your collector fragrance bottles in a cool, dark place away from temperature swings.
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