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The perfume bottle was made of a bright crystal and was rounded into the shape of a teardrop. The perfume within was a pale blue and was dribbled out through the narrow neck, around which was tied a silver cord. The stopper was a cluster of aquamarine forget-me-nots. | The perfume bottle was made of a bright crystal and was rounded into the shape of a teardrop. The perfume within was a pale blue and was dribbled out through the narrow neck, around which was tied a silver cord. The stopper was a cluster of aquamarine forget-me-nots. | ||
The cologne bottle, on the other hand, was an emerald green crystal, oval in shape, with striated ridges along its length. Around the middle of the bottle, a clearer quartz band displays the inner liquid inside, an amber-coloured fluid. A black cord was tied around the lip of the bottle and a squared stopper held its contents within. | |||
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