Oh, patents! Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet perfume bottle (for women)

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The Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet perfume bottle for women is a patented design. The US design patent, USD430358, titled Atomizer, was awarded on August 29, 2000, to Elie Papiernik, renowned designer and author. The patent was then assigned to Paco Rabanne Parfums in France. 

The Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet perfume for women was launched in 1999. The perfume was created by Jacques Cavalier, Master Perfumer. Paco Rabanne’s Ultraviolet perfume for women has an amber floral fragrance with top notes of pepper, coriander and Brazilian rosewood, middle notes of violet, jasmine and rose, and base notes of vanilla, patchouli,  amber and cedar.

Below the patent Figure 1 depicts a front view of the atomizer design. An image of the marketed product is also included.  

References

Cent Degrés (David Nitilich & Elie Papiernik Design company website)

https://centdegres.com/ 

Jacques Cavalier (The Fragrance Foundation UK)

https://www.fragrancefoundation.org.uk/jacques-cavalier 

Paco Rabanne [website]

https://www.rabanne.com/us/en_US/ 

Papiernik, E. (2012). Visual Arts of the Liquid Packaging.  London, UK: DesignMedia Publishing Limited.

Paco Rabanne Lady Million perfume bottle

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The Paco Rabanne Lady Million perfume was launched in 2010, two years after the immense success of the first Paco Rabanne One Million perfume for men. Next to the bullion design of the Paco Rabanne One Million perfume bottle for men, the Paco Rabanne Lady Million perfume bottle evokes a diamond. Both the One Million and Lady Million perfume bottle designs were created by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, a popular French designer of objects and interiors. 

Several additional editions of the Paco Rabanne Lady Million perfume were released, often paired with the Paco Rabanne One Million perfume for men. The Paco Rabanne Lady Million perfume series includes: Lady Million Privé (2016); Lady Million Lucky (2018); Lady Million Empire (2019); Lady Million Fabulous (2021) and Lady Million Royal (2023).

Below, a mosaic of the six different versions of the Paco Rabanne Lady Million perfume.

References

Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance [website]

https://noeduchaufourlawrance.com/ 

Paco Rabanne [website]

https://www.rabanne.com/us/en_US/ 

Paco Rabanne - One Million perfume bottle (for men)

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Several editions of the Paco Rabanne One Million perfume for men have been launched since the original 2008 One Million perfume, and its Luxe limited edition, 18-carat gold version. The Paco Rabanne One Million series of perfume for men includes One Million Privé (2016), One Million Lucky (2018), One Million Parfum (2020), One Million Elixir (2022), and One Million Royal (2023). Each has a different fragrance, and each has a patented bottle design evocative of a gold ingot.

The US design patent, USD610463S1, titled Perfume Flask, was awarded to Noe Duchaufour-Lawrance, and assigned to Paco Rabanne Parfums in France, on February 23rd 2010. The patent Figure 1, showing a front elevational view of the bottle design, is included below, with an image of the first, Paco Rabanne One Million (2008) perfume, for men.

 

The first Paco Rabanne One Million (2008) perfume was created by four renowned perfumers: Christophe Raynaud, Olivier Pescheux, Michel Girard and Christian Dussoulier. The fragrance is described woody and spicy, with citrussy and mint top notes, cinnamon, spice and rose middle notes, and amber, leather, woody and patchouli base notes.

 

Reference

Paco Rabanne [website]

https://www.rabanne.com/us/en_US/

Oh, patents! Paco Rabanne refill system (RT-Twist cap)

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Funnels begone! The Paco Rabanne perfume refill system is a patented invention. The US utility patent, US10399103B2, titled System and method for refilling a bottle with liquid, was awarded on September 3rd 2019, to the French inventors, Jean-Philippe Lamboux and Frédéric Simian, and assigned to the company Techniplast, which markets the RT-Twist cap refill system. 

The patent recites a refill system, comprising a refill bottle with liquid under pressure, a pump, and a refill interface. An interface that connects the refill bottle to a bottle to be refilled, enabling the liquid from the refill bottle to transfer to the bottle to be refilled. The 33-page patent recites ten different embodiments of the invention, including without limitation embodiments where the refill bottle is variously placed below the bottle to be refilled,  or upside-down above the bottle to be re-filled, and side-by-side embodiments using flexible tubing between the interfaces of both the refill bottle and the bottle to be refilled. The different embodiments of the refill system are recited to extend the scope of the invention to varying existing perfume bottle designs, without having to alter the existing perfume bottle designs in any way to make them refillable.

The extracted patent Figure 10b shows one of the embodiments of the refill system, where a first bottle S’’ is on the bottom, another bottle R, equipped with a pump P’’ is inverted on top of the first bottle, and an interface 150 is positioned between both bottles. A finger is shown with an arrow, indicating that pressure is exerted downward on the bottle R to activate the refill. The lower bottle S’’ contains refill liquid L and a gas G’ under pressure. The gas under pressure is air, or an inert gas, to avoid deteriorating the liquid L composition. The lower bottle S’’ also comprises a valve system S’’c, S’’r, S’’v, that opens and closes under external, finger-exerted, axial pressure. The lower part of the valve system S’’c is extended with a dip tube T, through which the liquid under pressure will travel up to the upper bottle R to be refilled, when axial pressure is exerted that opens the valve system. The system further comprises a block 152, comprising two passages: the passage P’’1 for transferring liquid from the S’’ bottle to the inverted bottle R, and the passage P’’2 for evacuating air from the R bottle. The interface 152 latches onto a groove at the base of the bottle R neck, using an attachment member 154, which pre-depresses the bottle R pump. The other end of the interface 150 covers the S’’ bottle valve system.

Two refill bottles together with their RT-Twist caps are shown above. The refill bottles correspond respectively to the Paco Rabanne Phantom (male) and Fame (female) perfumes, each conditioned in collection-worthy, robot-looking bottles, connected to the Paco Rabanne universe. A Youtube video is included below that illustrates the refill system for the Fame Paco Rabanne perfume bottle, using the refill bottle on top and the bottle to be refilled on the bottom. 

The abstract of the invention appears below:  

The invention concerns a system for refilling a bottle with liquid, which comprises:

- a first bottle (S) containing liquid,

- a second bottle (R) to be refilled with the liquid from the first bottle (S), the second bottle being in an inverted position and comprising a pump mounted on the bottle and equipped with a vent orifice that can be open or closed depending on the position of the pump,

- a filling interface connecting the two bottles, the interface comprising a liquid passage disposed between the two bottles for the transfer of the liquid under pressure from the first bottle (S) to the inverted second bottle (R) via said vent orifice of the pump of the second bottle when open and a gas passage for the evacuation of gas contained in the inverted second bottle (R) to the exterior of the bottle. [Abstract US10399103B2]

References

Paco Rabanne [website]

https://www.rabanne.com/us/en_US

Techniplast [website]

https://www.techniplast.com/en/autres/RT-TWIST 

Oh, patents! Paco Rabanne Olympéa

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Paco Rabanne launched the Olympéa perfume in 2015. Created by Loc Dong, Anne Flipo and Dominique Roupion, Olympéa was designed as the mythical female version of the Inviticus Rabanne perfume, in the athletic spirit of competition and victory. The perfume has top notes of jasmine, mandarin and ginger; middle notes of vanilla; and base notes of cashmere, ambergris, and sandalwood.

The perfume bottle was awarded the US design patent, USD891932S, titled Perfume Bottle. The patent was awarded on August 4, 2020, to Jean-Marc Galvez.

Below the patent Figure 1, showing a perspective view of the perfume bottle. An image of the marketed 2015 Olympéa perfume bottle is also included.

Reference

Paco Rabanne

www.rabanne.com

Oh, patents! Invictus by Paco Rabanne

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Invictus by Paco Rabanne is a men’s Eau de Toilette, conditioned in a trophy-shaped bottle, that celebrates resilience. Invictus in Latin means “undefeated”. Whether by synchronicity or unpublicized connection, the Invictus Eau de Toilette was launched in 2013, the year before the first Invictus Games were held in London. The Invictus Games Foundation was founded by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, both as an international support community, and a pathway to recovery for wounded, injured, and sick servicemen and women (WIS). The Invictus Games is a multi-sport event that showcases the spirit of the WIS community. 

The Paco Rabanne Invictus Eau de Toilette was also launched about 130 years after the poem Invictus, by William Ernest Henley, was first published in 1875. A poem that is often quoted to summon the courage of those who refuse to be conquered in the face of tremendous adversity. For example, Nelson Mandela is known to have recited this poem during his many years of imprisonment in South Africa.

The Paco Rabanne Invictus perfume was created by Veronique Nyberg, Anne Flipo, Olivier Polge, and Dominique Ropion. The perfume is described as citrusy, aquatic, and woody. 

The Paco Rabanne Invictus Eau de Toilette bottle is patented. The US design patent, USD715151S, titled Container, was awarded on October 14th 2014, to Cedric Ragot, and assigned to Puig France. The patent Figure 1 is included below, together with an image of the marketed perfume bottle.

References

Invictus Games

https://www.invictusgamesfoundation.org/

Henley, W. E.  (1875). Invictus. Poets.org 

https://poets.org/poem/invictus#:~:text=William%20Ernest%20Henley%2C%20born%20August,%E2%80%9CInvictus%E2%80%9D%20(1875)

Paco Rabanne (website)

https://www.rabanne.com/us/en_US/

Trademark - Fame by Paco Rabanne

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Launched in 2022, one year after the Paco Rabanne Phantom perfume for men, Fame by Paco Rabanne  is a perfume for women, also packaged in a little refillable and connected robot-looking bottle. However, Fame is dressed in an iconic Paco Rabanne chainmail outfit, complete with large sunglasses, earrings, a bracelet on each arm, and women's boots. A chainmail dress reminiscent of the “Twelve unwearable dresses” that made Paco Rabanne instantly famous on his first runway show, in Paris, in 1966. 

Chainmail fashion that would then continue to inspire the Paco Rabanne-designed costumes for several movies, including the 1968 Roger Vadim blockbuster science fiction movie, Barbarella, starring Jane Fonda. One micromini dress of the original Paco Rabanne Twelve unwearables has even become part of the permanent collection at The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.  

The Fame by Paco Rabanne perfume for women was created by four perfumers: Dora Baghriche, Marie Salamagne, Alberto Morillas, and Fabrice Pellegrin. Developed in Grasse, the French perfume-manufacturing hub, Fame by Paco Rabanne combines the fragrances of jasmine, mango, and incense.

A US trademark application was filed, on July 6th 2022, for an Illustration of the Paco Rabanne Fame perfume bottle for women. The application is pending, with the US serial number 79351168. The description of the application illustration—without words, letters, or numbers—is detailed as follows:   

"The mark consists of the three-dimensional configuration of packaging for the goods comprised of a container in the shape of a stylized gold humanoid robot wearing a silver chainmail style dress, and where the robot has a vertical cylindrical shaped head with a keyhole design on the top, along with identical horizontal cylinder style ears on each side with two semi-circle ear clip earrings on top of each ear and two circle earrings on the bottom of each ear, wearing gold frame sunglasses with a black front and a small vertical oval design at the center, held up by a gold cylinder neck, which is connected to the cylindrical torso bearing identical arms on each side made of gold vertical three-dimensional curved rectangles having slight protrusion at the top to mimic shoulders and bearing a gold circular bracelet at the wrist location, along with identical gold woman's boots to simulate legs and feet, and connected in the middle between them."

An image is included above of the marketed Fame by Paco Rabanne perfume bottle. 

References

Barbarella [1:38] (1968). Motion picture directed by Roger Vadim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks5eE-lTFDw 

Bromley, J. (Feb. 3, 2023). Paco Rabanne: Life of the Space Age designer behind chainmail dresses. The Standard. 

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion/paco-rabanne-space-age-avant-garde-chainmail-b1057831.html 

Dress (1967) by Design Paco Rabanne. The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.  

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/145899

Paco Rabanne (website)

https://www.rabanne.com/us/en_US/

Oh, patents! Paco Rabanne Phantom perfume bottle

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The Paco Rabanne patented Phantom perfume bottle is one of the most high-tech luxury perfume bottles you will find on the market. Phantom is both luxury perfume craft and high-tech, on at least three counts.

First, the bottle is designed to look like a stunning little collectible robot. Secondly, the men’s perfume contained within the bottle was designed using AI-driven fragrance programs for Augmented Creativity. The AI fragrance programs enabled a Rabanne quartet of expert perfumers, Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion, Loc Dong and Juliette Karagueuzoglou to experiment with unexpected scent pairings, to select exact ingredients, and to fine-tune dosages. Thirdly, the bottle is connected. The cap has a built-in, Near-Field Communication (NFC), chip that connects to a smartphone. Just tap the cap with your smartphone, and you will have access to the Phantom Universe of games, videos, and playlists.

The Phantom perfume bottle was awarded the US design patent USD928625S, titled Fragrance Container, on August 24th 2021. The inventor on record is Jean-Marc Galvez, also known for having invented such remarkable perfume bottles as the Carolina Herrera ‘lightening bolt’ Bad Boy, and ‘scateboard' Forever Young, perfume bottles.

Below, the patent Figure 1, and an image of the marketed little robot perfume bottle, with its Paco Rabanne (PR) chest logo. Launched in 2021, the Paco Rabanne Phantom perfume bottle brings together lush, natural, and earthy fragrances, patchouli and lavender, with a fruity lemon fragrance, whose green, radiant, and zesty citrus energy was boosted with styrallyl acetate, a synthetic molecule.

                 

Best of all, when you have used all the perfume inside the bottle, you might still want keep the cute little robot bottle on your desk, considering that it will give you access to the Phantom Universe, even empty of its fragrance. On the other hand, if you love the perfume, and would rather not have an army of little robots cluttering your desk, you should also know that Paco Rabanne perfume is refillable. All you have to do is to buy a refill, which is supposed to be more environmentally sustainable. 

Finally, Phantom is a signature Paco Rabanne perfume. In other words, a perfume with the eponymous brand name of one of the greatest fashion designers, hailing from the Basque country in Spain. Someone, known to have pushed the limits of fashion in the sixties, having designed popular plastic chainmail dresses. Fashion that blended medieval times with the birth of the space exploration age, into a new aesthetics.

 

References

Rabanne website

https://fashion.rabanne.com