In this guide I will discuss the various rarest commercial perfume bottle colors of all---the opaque glass pieces.

Most of the opaque glass perfume bottles that you will encounter was manufactured by the French company, Cristalleries de Nancy (Daum Nancy) in the 1924-1934 and came in various colors such as red, green, black, purple and both turquoise blue and yellow ochre being the rarest. These bottles were produced for the following perfume companies: d'Alamode, Bischoff, du Bois, Bourbon, Burdin, de Burmann, Chenier, Drialis,  Marie Magdeleine, Miga, Offenthal, Renaud and Serey. You will see a variety of sizes ranging from 6 1/8" tall down to 2 1/8" tall. I have also seen these perfume bottles called slag glass.

A rare example in opaque purple slag glass and black glass stopper was made for Renaud's Orchidee, by Cristalleries de Nancy in the late 1920s.

The opaque glass bottles made by H. Saumont in red, black and green were produced in 1925 for the Lionceau perfumery for their perfumes Parfum Pour Blondes, Parfum Pour Brunes and Fleuve Bleu. Sizes range from 5 7/8" tall down to just 2 1/8" tall.

The H. Saumont Glassworks also manufactured black glass and opaque colored glass bottles for other clients such as Fragonard, Gueldy and D'Amboise.

In 1927, Richard Hudnut had a perfume line called Le Debut which featured octagonal opaque glass bottles in green, black, turquoise blue and rarest of all, white. These bottles came in various sizes from 5 1/8" tall to 1 1/4" tall.

A pastel mint green opaque color called Vert Nil (Nile Green) glass bottle was produced in 1925 for Rimmel's perfume Art Moderne, it was topped off by a black glass cap  and came in two sizes 5 3/4" tall and 4 3/4" tall. A milky green bottle covered in a faux shagreen pattern was made by Andre Jollivet for Dalon's perfume Charme Caressant in 1924.

A jade green glass example was made for Lionceau's exotic perfume, Nuit d'Egypte, from 1925. This pretty slag glass bottle is squatty shaped and has a molded stopper.

Other opaque colors such as the extremely rare turquoise were made by Maurice Depinoix for the perfume Lune de Miel for Benoit in 1926.

Pink crystal is rarely found except for the perfume Astris by LT Piver and Silver Butterfly by Delettrez, both made by Baccarat in 1927 and both had silver overlay decoration.

Another rare color is opaque white crystal. This pretty color was produced by Baccarat and used for the perfume Cyclamen for Elizabeth Arden in 1938 and was a fan shaped bottle with a triangular stopper in clear crystal. Another Baccarat example in white is the perfume flacon for It's You by Elizabeth Arden in 1939.

Baccarat also produced a white crystal bottle for Gabilla's Mon Talisman perfume in 1926, with gilded accents.

In the 1930s, the American company Jolind launched a perfume Duchess of Paris in an opaque white glass flacon shaped like an urn.

An opaque white satin glass bottle was produced for D'Orsay'sperfume Belle du Jour in 1938. Gilbert Orcel also had a white glass bottle in the 1930s, molded as the bust of a woman, highlighted in gilding for the perfume Coup de Chapeau, made by Verreries Brosse.

Perhaps the most lovliest of all opaque colors is the ethereal opalescent examples. Julien Viard produced two fine examples for Caron's Isadora and Parfum Precieux both in 1910. During this time, Victor Vassier also introduced a perfume, Brasse de Violettes, that came in a stunning opalescent glass bottle. Caron's 1939 perfume Voeu de Noel came in a gorgeous opalescent flacon molded with flowers.

Lancome introduced "Melisande" in 1954, a beautiful figural bottle of a standing lady made up of pink tinted opalescent glass. This luxury  presentation was used for various perfumes and was designed by Georges Delhomme.

In 1958, Lancome introduced the Georges Delhomme designed "Spoutnik", in a limited edition presentation of a blue tinted opalescent glass moon faced purse flacon for the perfume Magie. This bottle was also used for other perfumes. Lancome also introduced a crescent moon shaped flacon with a smiling face also in blue tinted opalescent glass attached to a cobalt glass base, this was a limited edition of only 100 examples and was used for various perfumes.

For more information: please see my entensive guides on black, red, blue and green glass perfume bottles.

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