Welcome to the beautiful
world of vintagePerfume Bottles
& Vanity Items
We are a collection of collectors.
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!
Our Mission:
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.
Topics that might interest you IPBA Trending
Lovely Lavender
In the language of flowers, Lavender means peace, calm, devotion, and purity. This derives from its well-known relaxing fragrance and historical uses for bathing and healing. Its purple color also represents royalty, grace, and luxury. We have many […]
IPBA Day Spooky Zoom Meeting
Share your spooky perfume and vanity items during our IPBA Day Spooky Zoom meeting! The meeting will be held on October 18th at 1:30 PM Eastern time, hosted by Barbara W. Miller. Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81522595290?pwd=2yfIUkT2VdAS15fflus0J1Ag8JrqnA.1 Meeting ID: 815 […]
Website Open House October 18th!
The IPBA will be opening up the members-only portion of their website to the general public for one day only on October 18th. This is your once-a-year opportunity to feast your eyes on beautiful perfumes, compacts, purses and […]
Save The Date For Convention 2026!
April 2 – 26, 2026 in Chicago! We will be staying at the luxurious Holiday Inn Downtown – Wolf Point: get details here. See also a preliminary schedule and a list of places to go, things to see, […]
Perfume Bottle Presentation at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
It’s time to make your plans to attend the IPBA Chesapeake Crabs Chapter weekend at the Beach October 17 – 19. Everyone is Welcome For This Once-In-A-Lifetime Event! Friday 2:00 pm – Meet Cary Needell, glass curator at […]
2026 Perfume Bottle Auction Consignments Solicited
Do you have perfume bottles or vanity items that you are interested in selling? The PERFUME BOTTLES AUCTION, organized by renowned specialist Ken Leach, is the official annual auction of the International Perfume Bottle Association. This auction is […]
Why Join IPBA?
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!
Looking For 2026 Convention Donations
The IPBA is looking for 2026 Convention Donations for Chicago! Please help with our wonderful annual convention fund raisers by providing perfume and vanity related items for these events. The funds generated by the Raffle, the IPBA table […]
What Is It? What’s It Worth?
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
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