Showing posts with label perfume bottle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perfume bottle. Show all posts

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Oh, patents! Madeleine Vionnet [1876 - 1975] (2)

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

A US design patent, USD82687S, titled Design for a bottle or similar container was awarded to Madeliene Vionnet, on May 17th, 1927. The  Art Deco-style bottle was made of clear glass with flattened metal edges.  

Below, the patent Figure 1, together with a marketed embodiment of the design. 


Reference

Monday, October 13, 2025

Oh, patents! Dolce & Gabbana K perfume bottle

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The Dolce & Gabbana K perfume bottle is a patented design. The US design patent, USD876238S1, titled Bottle, was awarded to Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana, on February 25th, 2020.

Below, the patent Figure 1.2 depicts a front view of the K perfume bottle. An image of the marketed bottle, together with its conditioning, is included beneath the patent Figure 1.2. 

The Dolce & Gabbana K perfume for men has a younger counterpart, the Dolce and Gabbana Q perfume for women. Created by DMS-Firmenich Daphné Bugey, Principal Perfumer, and Nathalie Lorson, Master Perfumer, the Dolce and Gabbana K perfume was launched in 2019. The Dolce and Gabbana K perfume is a woody aromatic fragrance with Juniper berries and citrus top notes, pimento, lavender, sage and geranium middle notes, vetiver, cedar and patchouli end notes.



References
Daphné Bugey
https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/en/businesses/perfumery-beauty/perfumery/fine-fragrance/people/daphne-bugey.html 
Dolce and Gabbana (website) 
https://www.dolcegabbana.com/en-us/ 
DSM Firmenich
https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/en/home.html 
Nathalie Lorson 
https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/en/businesses/perfumery-beauty/perfumery/fine-fragrance/people/nathalie-lorson.html



Sunday, October 20, 2024

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

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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

Friday, October 18, 2024

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/

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Paco Rabanne Lady Million perfume bottle

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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/ 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Paco Rabanne - One Million perfume bottle (for men)

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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]

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

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

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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]
Techniplast [website]

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Oh, patents! Invictus by Paco Rabanne

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

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 Invictusby 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.





Friday, March 8, 2024

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 Youngperfume 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

Saturday, September 9, 2023

Oh, patents! Carolina Herrera Good Girl stiletto perfume bottle

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

In the fashion House of Herrera, lightning-bolt Bad Boy perfume is the perfect match for the stiletto heel Good Girl perfume. Indeed, the beautiful Carolina Herrera Good Girl perfume bottles are exquisitely made of Italian-designed glass, in a tradition that dates back to the glass artisan Guilds of the Middle Ages, when glass was first discovered and manufactured, in the Republic of Venice.

The Carolina Herrera Good Girl stiletto glass bottles are designed and manufactured using several patented glass manufacturing processes, belonging to the famous Italian glassmaker Luigi Bormioli. Whether it is the opal/stone effect of some of the glass stiletto bottles, or the internal coating of the glass, ensuring that the vibrant color of the glass is uniformly applied to every part of the stiletto-shoe-shaped bottle, each Carolina Herrera Good Girl glass stiletto bottle, also subsumes several Bormioli glass-manufacturing inventions.

Among the inventions invoked to produce the Bormioli-manufactured, Carolina Herrera glass stiletto bottle, the following World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and US utility patents:

WO2007006328A1 - Opacifying composition and process for the production of glass with an opal/stone effect or with a snow effect. (Granted January 18, 2007)
- US10118857B2 - Method for internally coating a hollow glass body. (Granted November 6, 2018)
- US10427967B2 - Process for the manufacture of a glass container, glass container and related uses. (Granted October 1, 2019)

The many existing editions of the Carolina Herrera Good Girl (and Very Good Girl) perfume were each designed by renowned perfumers, such as Quentin Bisch, Louise Turner, Shyamala Maisondieu, and Christophe Raynaud. Below, ten editions of the Carolina Herrera Good Girl perfume, each shown contained in its own variation of the Italian-glass stiletto perfume bottle, and accompanying conditioning.

- CH Good Girl (2016) Eau de Parfum
- CH Good Girl Légère (2018) Eau de Parfum
- CH Good Girl Suprême (2020) Eau de Parfum
- CH Very Good Girl (2021) Eau de Parfum
- CH Good Girl Superstars (2021) Eau de Parfum
- CH Good Girl Midnight (2022) Eau de Parfum
- CH Good Girl Gold Fantasy (2022) Eau de Parfum
- CH Very Good Girl Glam (2022) Eau de Parfum
- CG Good Girl Blush (2023) Eau de Parfum
- CH Good Girl Dazzling Garden (2023) Eau de Parfum

 


Also included, a Youtube video presenting the new Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl Glam fragrance for women. 



References
Carolina Herrera (website)
https://www.carolinaherrera.com/
Luigi Bormioli
https://luigibormioliusa.com/
Redding, M. (Jan. 20, 2021). A Lacquering Technique Makes Very Good Girl by Carolina Herrera Shine. Beauty Packaging. 
https://www.beautypackaging.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2021-01-20/a-lacquering-technique-makes-very-good-girl-by-carolina-herrera-shine/
Staff (Feb. 1, 2021). Carolina Herrera’s Good Girl goes red with Bormioli Luigi. Premium Beauty News
https://www.premiumbeautynews.com/en/carolina-herrera-s-good-girl-goes,17896

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Oh, patents! Carolina Herrera Bad Boy lightning bolt perfume bottle

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The far-out, lightning bolt, Bad Boy perfume bottle is another signature Caroline Herrera perfume bottle, created by Jean-Marc Galvez. A stunning perfume bottle,  containing no less extraordinary eau de parfum or eau de toilette, whose various editions were designed by several renowned perfumers, including Quentin Bisch, Louise Turner, Fanny Bal, Bruno Jovanovic, Nicolas Beaulieu, Domitille Michalon Bertier, and Yann Vastier.

The lightning bolt bottle was awarded the US design patent USD927984, titled Perfume bottle on August 17, 2021. As a reminder, a US design patent covers the ornamental aspects of an invention, or the way an invention looks. This is in contrast with US utility patents, which cover the way an invention works, or is produced

Below, the Figures 1 and 2, extracted from the design patent, together with images of six editions of the Carolina Herrera Bad Boy perfume, in its lightning bolt bottle, next to the packaging: 


- CH Bad Boy (2019) Eau de Toilette

- CH Bad Boy Superstars (2021) Eau de Toilette

- CH Bad Boy (2021) Eau de Parfum

- CH Bad Boy Gold Fantasy (2022) Eau de Toilette

- CH Bad Boy Cobalt (2022) Eau de Parfum

- CH Bad Boy Extreme (2022) Eau de Parfum 




The electrifying YouTube video, officially introducing the Bad Boy Carolina Herrera perfume line, is also included below. 




Reference
Caroline Herrera (website)
https://www.carolinaherrera.com/us/en/

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Oh, patents! Carolina Herrera 212 Heroes Eau de parfum bottle (for women)

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The Carolina Herrera fragrance for women, 212 Heroes Forever Young, was launched in 2022 just one year after the original Eau de toilette for men 212 Heroes Forever Young. The pink liquid fragrance, matching the pink chrome of the striking feminine skateboard bottle, was also created by three well-known perfumers: Marie Salamagne, Alberto Morillas and Dora Baghriche.  

Targeting young women, the fragrance is fruity, floral and woodsy, opening with raspberry and mandarin notes, jasmine and orange blossom middle notes, cedar and sandalwood base notes. The 212 Heroes Eau de Parfum for women is also conditioned in a 2.7 fl. oz, slightly smaller, skateboard vaporizer, compared to the masculine version, containing 3 fl. oz. 

The essential ornamental properties of the remarkable skateboard bottle design, used for the 212 Heroes Eau de parfum for women, are also covered in the US design patent, USD923485S1, titled Perfume Bottle.

Below, the US patent coversheet figures, depicting perspective views of the skateboard bottle, together with an image of the marketed fragrance for women. A YouTube video also introduces the Carolina Herrera 2022 Eau de parfum feminine fragrance, 212 Heroes Forever Young. 





Reference
Carolina Herrera (website)
https://youtu.be/Vszzg_5YySY 

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Oh, patents! Carolina Herrera 212 Heroes Eau de toilette bottle (for men)

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

Carolina Herrera’s skateboard-shaped vaporizing bottle for the Carolina Herrera masculine fragrance 212 Heroes Forever Young is undoubtedly one of the coolest perfume bottles you have ever seen or used. Designed by Jean-Marc Galvez, the bottle was awarded the US design patent USD923485S1, titled Perfume Bottle, on June 29, 2021.  

Launched the same year, the baby-blue liquid fragrance was created by three well-known perfumers: Domitille Michalon Bertier, Juliette Karagueuzoglou and Carlos Benaim, specifically for the young population. The fragrance is fresh, fruity and citrusy (with a pear opening note), even with middles notes of hemp,  and end notes of musk and leather. 

The packaging sends a clear message about the targeted demographics:  "We refuse to conform. We commit to be free. We never give up. We never stop dreaming. We will always be forever young. We will always be heroes." 

Below, the patent cover sheet drawings, showing perspective views of the bottle, and an image of the marketed product. A Youtube video, introducing the  212 Heroes Forever Young Eau de toilette masculine fragrance, is also included.   






Reference
Carolina Herrera

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Ooh, patents! Tiffany & Co perfume bottle

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The Tiffany & Co., customizable Rose Gold Eau de Parfum bottle is patented. The US design patent, USD912524, titled Perfume bottle, was awarded on March 9th 2021, to the inventor Malin Ericson, and assigned to Tiffany & Co.

The patent Figure 2, included below, shows a front view of the bottle. Below the patent figure, the marketed bottle can be personalized with initial, symbol, or other sorts of engravings. 

The Tiffany & Co., Rose Gold Eau de Parfum was developed by Jérôme Epinette, a renowned French perfumer, now living in New York City. The Tiffany & Co., Rose Gold perfume is a floral fruity perfume for women, with musk and musk mallow base notes.




References
Jérôme Epinette: A working nose. The Perfume Society

Monday, October 31, 2022

Oh, Cartier! Must for Men

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

Must de Cartierwith a "u" pronounced, in French, as in the French pronoun of address tumeans “Cartier, it’s a must!” 

Indeed, English modals of necessity entered the world of French luxury folklore, in the early 1970s, with the creation of the Cartier Must (have) collections. Beginning with Cartier Tank watches, a Cartier Must Tank collection was created for the blockbuster Cartier Tank watch, originally designed by Louis Cartier, in 1917. The first perfume ever created by the House of Cartier, in the 1970s, was also called Must de Cartier, for both men and women. A perfume that different Cartier-commissioned perfumers have re-invented, several times since.

The container, for the Must de Cartier (2000) perfume for men, is a patented invention. The US design patent, USD453106S, titled Perfume container, was awarded, on January 29, 2002, to the inventor, Thierry Peltrault, and assigned to Cartier International B.V., in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The Must de Cartier (2000) perfume for men was created by Nathalie Feisthauer. The Must de Cartier for men (2000) is a complex amber spicy fragrance, including first Anise, Olive Leaf, Green Mandarin, Carnation, Grapefruit, Coriander Bergamot, then Cinnamon and Ginger, and finally Vanilla, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Cedar, Musk, Vetiver and Patchouli. 

Below, the patent Figure 1 depicts a front view of the bottle created for the Must de Cartier (2000) perfume for men, together with an image of the marketed embodiment of the invention.

Nathalie Feisthauer

Thierry Peltrault