D uring the Victorian era, perfume pendants had a practical purpose. Worn on chains around the neck or clipped to chatelaines ...

In a sea of ladies wearing the same whisper-thin gold chain necklace, a gold-topped Givenchy bottle circa 1970 on a chunky ...

Among Burr's favorite perfume bottles is Chanel No.5 ... "Its clarity, with the stark, black sans serif Chanel, left the Guerlain gold filagree behind, made luxury from a modernist art form ...