Interlude ! Do you speak Gaultier?

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The Jean Paul Gaultier website is running a linguistic experiment powered by AI. The experiment consists in collecting French language samples. To participate you might record yourself, and/or listen to others speaking. This is part of Jean Paul Gaultier’s commitment to diversity, in this case a celebration of linguistic diversity. 

Click on the Divine perfume bottle to participate in the study, and enjoy!

Reference

Jean Paul Gaultier (website)

https://fashion.jeanpaulgaultier.com/en-us

Oh, patents! Jean Paul Gaultier double flask

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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

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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/