Lalique Perfume Bottles Database

Based on the perfume bottle for Femme Ailees ((Winged Woman)  by Les  Parfums De Clamy Paris in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this bottle was reproduced for a very rare limited edition Shiseido perfume called Enchanting Dance in 1986. The bottle held 20ml of parfum.

 The information on the Shiseido website at the time  incorrectly stated that the bottle was produced by Lalique (so another website says) but it wasn't by Lalique but manufacturered by Verreries Brosse, as they were the original makers of the original perfume bottle and as they made most of the bottles for Shiseido's perfumes.

 The original bottle for Femme Ailees was designed not by Lalique but by Lucien Gaillard and originally made by Verreries Brosse in 1913.

Shiseido intoduced the new perfume Enchanting Dance to commemorate its sponsorship of the "Dance" exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA). The Met got royalties, because the prototype for the perfume's bottle is in the museum's collection; Shiseido got to have its new fragrance sprayed throughout the Costume Institute's galleries for the exhibition's nine-month run from December 8, 1986 til September 6, 1987. 

 It is possible to find replicas of this perfume bottle that were made by the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1992, these bottles were made by Verreries Brosse and will be marked MMA 1992 on the base.

So how to tell the difference between the three? The Shiseido bottle's stopper has a plastic covered dowel. The MMA version doesn't and is marked MMA 1986. The original bottle for Femme Ailees by De Clamy has no markings and does not have plastic on the stopper.

The bottle below is the one from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with it's original pamphlet that came with the bottle. 

The last photo is of the original Femme Ailees by De Clamy

 Bibliography:

Marketing Madness by Michael F. Jacobson & Laurie Ann Mazur, 1995. 

 New York Times article from 1990.

Picture credit : Russian blog "Perfume Dreams"

Les Parfums de Clamy was established by Philippe de Back in Arcade des Champs-Elysées, Paris in 1913; after the stock market crash of 1929, de Clamy ceased productions and sold its raw materials to Guerlain, the company de Clamy was later acquired by Grenoville in 1943. The full name of the De Clamy company was 'Les Parfumes de Clamy, Creations d'Art'. De Clamy was shortlived but created several perfumes, which are now impossible to find.