There's more to the designing of perfume bottles than shape.
It also takes a strong technical background. Thanks to
his early experiences in the industry, Pierre Dinand was
able to bring new materials to a field where the use of glass
still reigned.
There's more to the designing of perfume bottles than shape. |
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In the 1980s, Pierre Dinand was playing golf when the ball broke. "Inside, there was this weird material used for the stuffing. It looked like frosted glass but it wasn't. It had a depth of contrasts that no other material could offer."  After
investigating, Dinand learned that the material was surlyn,
a product of the Dupont de Nemours chemical company. "I gave them a call. I just wanted to see how it might fit with perfume bottles. I asked for a little sample, and they delivered over 100 kilos ! The material was perfect. I first used it for Obsession." Now everybody uses it. |
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In
the early sixties, Pierre Dinand wanted Paco Rabanne's Calandre to
be locked into a metal frame. But in those days in the perfume industry,
for various reasons, metal was practically impossible to use . And
so he decided to experiment with ABS. At the time, it was a brand
new material mostly used in the car industry. Once galvanized, this
material can be metal-plated and looks like real metal.
