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Already as a young girl, Isabelle Fagnoul was enthusiastic about perfume flacons. At the age of 14, she helped out in a perfumery in her Belgian hometown of Malmedy, where she received her first flacon as a gift. During her goldsmith’s apprenticeship, she discovered that many of history’s famous goldsmiths had also crafted containers for noble fragrances. Forging, chasing, guilloching, inlaid metalwork and enameling numbered among the remarkable artisanal techniques that were used in the creation of these elegant flacons. With this in mind, she began collecting unusual handcrafted flacons from various epochs and made from diverse materials. Her collection presently comprises approximately 50 antique flacons. Despite years of searching, Isabelle Mössner was never able to find flacons made of platinum. Inspired by the great goldsmiths of the past, she transformed her idea into reality and created her own flacon for the IsabelleFa brand. The result, which was first marketed in the early 1990s, was very likely the world’s first platinum perfume flacon. One of its special features is a rubellite cabochon in the screw cap.