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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 9568512, member: 88"]Your bottle in the metal case held a perfume made by Coty obviously. They are referred to as "arched cases" & were meant to be used when traveling or on the go tucked into your purse. </p><p><br /></p><p>They also came in different colored metals & the color of the case would correlate with the perfume it held. The plain silver one held a variety of different scents. The bottle would have originally had a small gold sticker on the side to let you know which fragrance it contained. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some sold examples from eBay. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/597/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=coty+case+perfume+&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/597/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=coty+case+perfume+&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/sch/597/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=coty+case+perfume+&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I can't quite make out the bottom of your other one but it looks like the fairly recent ones out of Mexico. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=silver+overlay+mexico+&_sacat=597&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=silver+overlay+&_osacat=597&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=silver+overlay+mexico+&_sacat=597&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=silver+overlay+&_osacat=597&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=silver+overlay+mexico+&_sacat=597&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=silver+overlay+&_osacat=597&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a wide variety of the silver overlay bottles such as the ones shown below. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/35982/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=silver+overlay+&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/35982/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=silver+overlay+&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/sch/35982/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=silver+overlay+&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] - time for you to look at some blades!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 9568512, member: 88"]Your bottle in the metal case held a perfume made by Coty obviously. They are referred to as "arched cases" & were meant to be used when traveling or on the go tucked into your purse. They also came in different colored metals & the color of the case would correlate with the perfume it held. The plain silver one held a variety of different scents. The bottle would have originally had a small gold sticker on the side to let you know which fragrance it contained. Here are some sold examples from eBay. [URL]https://www.ebay.com/sch/597/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=coty+case+perfume+&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1[/URL] I can't quite make out the bottom of your other one but it looks like the fairly recent ones out of Mexico. [URL]https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=silver+overlay+mexico+&_sacat=597&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=silver+overlay+&_osacat=597&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1[/URL] There is a wide variety of the silver overlay bottles such as the ones shown below. [URL]https://www.ebay.com/sch/35982/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=silver+overlay+&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1[/URL] [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] - time for you to look at some blades!! ;) :happy::happy:[/QUOTE]
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