Oh, patents! Jean Paul Gaultier double flask

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The Gaultier² perfume for men and women was launched in 2005, as a unisex perfume. The perfume was created by Francis Kurkidjan, the perfumer who had also created the immensely popular Jean Paul Gaultier Le mâle perfume. The Gaultier² perfume has musk, vanilla, and amber notes, with hints of sandalwood and jasmine.

In 2023, the Gaultier² perfume made a comeback by popular demand, following an online survey with customers. The comeback was orchestrated around the desire to bring back the lingering pleasure of memories associated with the Gaultier² fragrances.

The design of the Gaultier² perfume bottle was also squared, enabling the perfume to be contained in two separate bottles, connected together with magnets. The double flask design was patented in the US design patent USD593875S, titled Double flask. The patent was granted to Jean Paul Gaultier on June 9th, 2009.

Below, the patent Figure 1 showing a front perspective view of the double flask. An image of the marketed Gaultier²  perfume is also included. The image clearly depicts the two flasks connected and disconnected.

The YouTube video clip, below, shows the advertisement campaign for the Gaultier² unisex perfume, conditioned in a double flask.

References
Jean Paul Gaultier (website)
https://www.jeanpaulgaultier.com/
Francis Kurkidjan (website)
https://www.franciskurkdjian.com/us

Oh, patents! Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal!

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Scandal! Eau de Parfum by Jean Paul Gaultier was launched in 2017. The bottle, made of glass with a stopper designed as female legs, was created by Jean-Marc Galvez. The US design patent, USD856151S, titled Perfume bottle, was awarded to Jean-Marc Galvez, on August 13, 2019.

Below, the patent Figure 1.2 depicts a front view of the bottle. An image of the marketed Scandal! Eau de Parfum bottle is also included.

      

Scandal! Eau de Parfum is a floral perfume with gardenia, honey and patchouli notes, created by Daphné Bugey, Fabrice Pellegrin and Christophe Raynaud. Since the first edition of the Scandal! Eau de Parfum, conditioned in its iconic bottle and stopper, several additional fragrances have been launched, including a matching line of Scandal! fragrances for men (contained in a different bottle). The line of Scandal! fragrances for women includes: Scandal by Night! (2018), Scandal à Paris! (2019), So Scandal! (2020), and Scandal Absolu! (2024). Scandal pour homme! (for men) was launched in 2021.

Below, the advertisement YouTube video for the first, irreverent Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal! Eau de parfum for women. A clip, where “Madame la Ministre” (Madam, the Cabinet Minister) is portrayed as a divinely scandalous woman in politics.

Reference

Jean Paul Gaultier (website)

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

Oh, patents! Jean Paul Gaultier Classique (vintage)

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Below, the image of a miniature, 30 ml/1 fl.oz, corseted dress-form, bottle, containing Jean Paul Gaultier Classique pure perfume extract  The  US design patent, USD375677S, titled Bottle, was granted to Jean Paul Gaultier, on November 19, 1996.  The patent Figure 6 depicts a front perspective view of the famous bottle. 

Reference

Jean Paul Gaultier Fragrances (website)

https://www.jeanpaulgaultier.com/us/en_US/fragrances

Oh, patents! Jean Paul Gaultier Le Mâle, dress form, perfume bottle

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In 1995, Jean Paul Gaultier launched a masculine counterpart, called Le Mâle, to the feminine Classique perfume. Le Mâle perfume was contained in a male dress-form bottle, adorned with an iconic, striped, French sailor's shirt.

To cover the ornamental properties of the design, the US design patent, USD379676S, titled Bottle, was awarded to Jean Paul Gaultier, on June 3rd, 1997. To date, dozens of Jean Paul Gaultier male dress form bottles have been created, adorned with variously colored sailor's shirts, to contain an evolving line of Jean Paul Gaultier fragrances for men. A line of masculine fragrances designed to match their feminine counterparts, contained in female dress-form bottles.

Le Mâle perfume was created by a then-20-something perfumer called Francis Kurkidjan. Le Mâle is an oriental fern perfume, with a blend of lavender, mint and vanilla fragrances.

Below, the patent Figure 1, together with an image of the marketed Le Mâle Eau de Parfum, contained in a male dress form bottle, wearing a striped green and white sailor's shirt.

Reference
Jean Paul Gaultier
www.jeanpaulgualtiercom

Maison Kurkidjan

https://www.franciskurkdjian.com/us-en 

Oh, patents! Jean Paul Gaultier corseted, dress-form, perfume bottle

Copyright ©  Françoise Herrmann   

In 1993, Jean Paul Gaultier, the famous French couturier, launched his first Classique line of perfume celebrating women’s fashion. The Classique Jean Paul Gaultier perfume was contained in a corseted atomizer bottle, in the shape of a woman’s fashion dress form. Just a few years earlier, in 1990, Jean Paul Gaultier had designed Madonna’s costumes, and especially the famous cone-shaped corset, for her Blond Ambition World Tour. To date, in 2024, dozens of different Jean Paul Gaultier female perfumes have been created for the iconic, corseted, dress form bottle.

The Classique Jean Paul Gaultier perfume was created by the renown, fourth generation, French perfumer, Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. The oriental floral perfume has orange blossom, anise and rose, with pear and bergamot top notes; ginger, ylang-ylang,  tuberose and plum middle notes; and vanilla, amber, musk, cinnamon and sandalwood base notes.

The US design patent, USD349848, titled Bottle, was awarded to Jean Paul Gaultier, on August 23, 1994. Below, the patent Figure 1, showing a front perspective view of the corseted, dress form bottle, together with an image of the marketed Classique Jean Paul Gaultier perfume bottle.

References
Jean-Paul Gaultier (website)
www.jeanpaulgaultier.com
Madonna (website)
https://madonna.com/
Staff (2024). Lifetime Achievement Perfumer: Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud. The Fragrance Foundation.
https://fragrance.org/honoree/lifetime-achievement-perfumer-9/
Staff (Sept. 6, 2020). Perfumer: Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, King Midas of Perfume. Scentertainer.com
https://scentertainer.net/en/perfumer-jacques-cavallier-king-midas-of-perfumes/

SNEEX stiletto mosaic

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann 

Below, the three SNEEX stiletto models. The Blake (two-strap), The Tepper (single-strap), and The Icon (no-strap), shown in various combinations of suede, leather, and Italian mesh. New shoes designed by Sara Blakely, the well-known founder of SPANX, to provide comfort to stilettos, without compromising style. 

 

Reference
SNEEX (website)
www.sneex.com

SPANX (website)

www.spanx.com

Oh, patents! SNEEX last*

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According to the Shoemaker Academy: 

The shoe last is the starting point of every shoe design and has been called ‘the heart of the shoe.’ […] The shape of the last determines the fit, performance, ergonomics, and style of a shoe, and is also what makes a shoe suitable for playing basketball, climbing mountains, or running a marathon. Great-looking shoe design is nothing if the last is not appropriate for the shoe’s function.

Accordingly, the SNEEX stiletto last is a patented design. The SNEEX last was awarded the US design patent USD982304S, titled Shoe last. The patent was awarded on April 4, 2023, to Sara Blakely, Jadideah Yarbrough and Sylma Colon-Otten.

Below the patent Figure 1 showing a front, left-side, perspective view of the patented shoe last, together with an image of the SNEEX last used to design SNEEX stilettos. The image of the yellow SNEEX last illustrates the gap in support on the footbed of a regular stiletto. A gap that the SNEEX stiletto design precisely fills as part of the comfort innovations of the shoe.

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* En français, forme de cordonnier.

References
Shoemakers Academic – What is a shoe last?
https://shoemakersacademy.com/what-is-a-shoe-last/
SNEEX (website)
www.sneex.com

Oh, patents! SNEEX stilettos

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SNEEX stilettos are luxury high-heeled shoes that were designed as comfortable as sneakers. SNEEX stilettos were masterminded by none other than Sara Blakely, the famous founder, and manifold inventor, of SPANX clothing. In Blakely’s own terms: “We put a man on the moon. I’ve been dreaming of designing a comfortable hi-heel since wearing them.” However, like many women, she found herself having to take them off on many occasions, for various reasons.  Thus, SNEEX stilettos incorporate much comfort innovation into their fabrication, in the spirit of SPANX, which boasts an impressive patent portfolio. 

 SNEEX shoes have 3-inch stiletto heels.  They are made in Spain, of premium, supple, napa leather and suedes from Italy and France. Beyond luxury, SNEEX shoes resolve three important problems related to stilettos. First, SNEEX stilettos offer a much more spacious toe box, to resolve the problem of tightly squeezed toes. Secondly, SNEEX stilettos compensate the height of three-inch heels with a platform sole, so that SNEEX stilettos distribute weight in a proportion closer to 50% on the heel and 50% on the ball of the foot, comparable to sneakers, in contrast to an 80% - 20% distribution with traditional stilettos. Finally, SNEEX stilettos, offer no gap on the footbed for supporting the user’s foot, especially under the arch. The result is a stiletto that was designed for “walking, dancing and dreaming!” A stiletto without compromise between style and comfort.

The US design patent, USD1020201S1, titled Shoe, was awarded on April 2^nd, 2024, to Sara Blakely, Jadideah Yarbrough and Sylma  Colon-Otten. The figure drawing on the patent cover page is included below, together with images of The Blake, one of the marketed SNEEX stiletto models.

The patent figure shows right and bottom-up, perspective views of the patented shoe design. On the patent figure, the upper portions of the shoe, within dotted lines, indicate portions of the design uncovered by the patent. Thus, the patent exclusively protects the ornamental features of the SNEEX sole, for a shoe where the uppers and heel may vary. 

References
SNEEX
www.sneex.com
SPANX
www.spanx.com