Luxury French perfumer Henry Jacques looks to the future with its revolutionary Clic-Clac solid fragrance

The history of perfume goes back thousands of years and they have traditionally been in liquid form — precious nectars presented in glass bottles that are themselves design-driven creations worthy of celebration. It was only in 1925 that modern perfumes in solid form were created, providing style connoisseurs of the time an alternative to lugging around a perfume bottle, which would have been cumbersome no matter how beautiful it was.

For some reason, the trend never took off — although, it never quite died out either. It is only in very recent history that solid perfumes have come back in vogue, their popularity driven by multiple reasons, including far better suited to the habits of frequent travellers who want to travel light and comply with limiting airline restrictions pertaining to liquids.