During the Victorian era, perfume pendants had a practical purpose. Worn on chains around the neck or clipped to chatelaines around the waist, the scent flasks contained ammonia-based concoctions and aromatic herbs like lavender and mint. One quick sniff would mask the unbearable stench of 19th-century city streets and keep ladies in too-tight corsets from falling faint.
Cut to the present, and fashion tastemakers have reinvigorated the perfume necklace trend 175 years after its prime. Paris Fashion Week guests wear pomanders to runway shows—left empty or with a few drops of Phlur Golden Rule at most. Industry veterans include vintage vials in their Substack outfit diaries, styled with breezy Khaite kaftans or baggy Agolde jeans.
