How do you remove the top of a vintage perfume bottle?

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The perfume can't be used until this gold top has been removed (it's a splash bottle). I've no idea how to do this. Can it be done without any specialist equipment?

Dont you just splash the fragrance out the top ?

If it's vintage it's probably gone off. I'd just use it as a decoration.

Could you try a bottle opener or use scissors to flip it off? How old is the bottle out of interest?

Why do you want to open it?

Will it pull off if you get a damp cloth to hold it.

Can you stab a pin in it?

A nut cracker and twist/pull.

I managed to do it. It doesn't have a bar code on it, so it would be eighties or older.

Does it still smell good?