Old perfumes from the 1990s are suddenly fetching up to £500, while an early bottle of Chanel No 5 sold for £13,000 last month.

And even older rare perfume bottles are selling for thousands ... changed to a more chunky squarer shape in 1924. The glass on the first bottles were too thin and would often break.

1930 Art Deco Czech Josef Schmidt perfume bottle. Embodying the elegance of the Art Deco era, this amber glass bottle with a faceted design and ornate silver plaque sold for $18,000 (R342,000).