Museu del Perfum

Founded in 1961, the Museu del Perfum in Barcelona is devoted to the history of perfume containers. The collection includes nearly five thousand objects from a range of cultures and eras, among them Egyptian vases, Greek pottery, Roman and Punic glass, and Arab and Eastern vessels. Particularly noteworthy are essence bottles made of porcelain, crystal, and precious metals from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. The exhibition is rounded out by a section on industrial perfumery from its beginnings to the present day. Among the special treasures are a perfume chest with two flacons that belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette, as well as a flacon design called "Le Roi Soleil" created by Salvador Dalí.