For about 22 years my grandparents lived in Saudi Arabia where my grandfather worked for the king. While there my grandmother’s favorite thing to do was shop. A favorite shop of hers was a perfume store. In Saudi Arabia buying perfume is a little different than here in the United States. Within these little shops where large bottles of perfume, where you would pick out a bottle that you liked and the store owner would than mix senses to your liking.
My grandmother’s favorite bottles were ones that were mouth blown and hand painted. Here is just a small amount of the perfume bottles that my grandmother had.
Those are so beautiful, I'm especially fond of the green one lol...which is funny because green is not one of my favorite colors. The green one is just so intricate and detailed!
ReplyDeleteI would love it if perfume stores were like that here! Thanks you for sharing, I wish I lived closer to Wheeler, Michigan so I could check out your shop!
Very interesting blog! I enjoyed how you gave a story about your grandmother in it that not only was an enjoyable story, but was also used for teaching about some of the customs in Saudi Arabia. It would be so fun to visit one of those perfume shops!
ReplyDeleteThis is cool, really interesting. My mom would love some of those bottles they look extremely authentic!
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