We are the world’s foremost association devoted to the education, promotion, and collection of perfume bottles and vanity items. We’re glad you’re here. Explore our site! Become a member (with benefits)! Join our enthusiastic conversations about collecting and curating these beautiful bits of history. Happy hunting!
The purpose of the International Perfume Bottle Association is to provide information and education about all aspects of perfume and scent bottles, compacts, purses, ephemera, and other related vanity items, including researching their uses, history, manufacture, and significance; to promote collecting of these items; and to promote fellowship among its members and outreach to other collectors.
Aa a symbol of purity, joy, love, sincerity, happiness and luck, Lily of the Valley has much significance. It’s actually the national flower of Finland, and in France, on 1st May for La Fête du Muguet, lily of […]
The 2025 Perfume Bottle Auction features a 60 years collection of distinctive and unusual Czechoslovakian and commercial perfume bottles, purses, compacts, and decorative vanity and boudoir items. Among 149 curated lots offered are numerous items created for the […]
The IPBA’s annual convention is a perfume and vanity item buying spree and educational event that is not to be missed! See the schedule of events along with detailed descriptions of each event, and then Register!
Star Struck! Hollywood’s Golden Age of Glitter, Glamour, and Gowns Many of you may know Don as a longtime collector of Czech perfume bottles and former editor of the PBQ, but he also has an extensive collection of […]
Are you new to the IPBA and looking to get connected with other members? We’re here to help!
Would you like to … Learn more about your collection? Become a more discriminating buyer? Meet others with your collecting passion? Learn how to care for and display your collection? If so, this is the place!
One of our annual convention events is Treasures Found, where our panel of experts reviews items submitted either in advance or in person, and seeks to identify the item and answer the submitter’s questions. We are NOW accepting […]
The IPBA is looking for 2025 Raffle and Collector’s Market Donations for our Portland Convention! Please help with these wonderful annual convention fund raisers by providing perfume and vanity related items for these events. The funds generated […]
To get the right information so that you can identify, insure, sell or simply appreciate your bottle you should become an educated consumer by researching your bottle or collection. That can be done via several avenues – reference […]
International Perfume Bottle Association
Incorporated in Illinois, USA