Standard Lanvin Perfume Bottles & Stock List

Bottles:

Early Lanvin bottles were clear crystal, square shaped and had flat disk style stoppers emblazoned with the Lanvin mother and daughter logo in blue or black enamel.

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c1927 (credit: Ministère de la Culture France)

c1923 Baccarat (unsigned) model # 16 flacon for various Jeanne Lanvin perfumes. photo by ebay seller globalantiques

Boule Flacons (Ball Flacons):

The "boule" (ball) bottles were inspired by those used by Henriette Gabilla for her perfumes My Sin and Amour Americain. The round black glass bottles featured molded and gilded floral decoration around middle and rested on a square shaped foot. Name of perfume in gold lettering above floral band and matching stopper. The flacons were designed by Julien Viard. The bottle was also available in colorless crystal with the gold decor.  You can see the progression from the Gabilla bottles to the Lanvin bottles below. The Lanvin bottles lack the foot seen on the Gabilla flacons and their stoppers are different. 

You could also get a luxurious gift of a Lanvin atomizer in 1927, these were detachable atomizers apparatuses that were sold along with a stopper. These were also sold during the perfume's lifetime up until the 1980s. Notice the shape of the atomizer head shown in the 1927 ad below.

Boule flacons, ball shaped, black glass or clear glass, gilded raspberry/pine cone stoppers, changed to ribbed ball stoppers in the 1920s as evidenced by some vintage newspaper ads. From 1925 to 1947, these had the Jeanne Lanvin name, from 1947-1958, they had the name Lanvin Parfums (though you may find some oddball bottles with the old raspberry stoppers, probably old stock), from 1958 onward they had the name Lanvin or Lanvin Paris (on some late 1950s bottles).

The size ranged from 1/4 oz all the way up to a massive 32 ounces!!!


Here is a quick guide to your bottle sizes if it is missing labels or boxes. Please note that this is a work in progress, more info will be added as it becomes available to me.

Raspberry stopper boule flacons:

• 1 oz = 2.25" tall
• 2 oz = 3.25" tall

Boule with ribbed stopper (original, not fully gilded ground glass stopper):

• 4.5" tall 
• 5.25" tall
• 32 oz 

Boule with ribbed stopper (fully gilded ground glass stopper):

• 0.25 oz = 2" tall
• 2 oz = 3 1/8" tall

Boule with ribbed stopper (fully gilded stopper with plastic plug):

• 0.5 oz = 2.5" tall

Also produced was the boule shaped powder jars, the earliest ones were made up of black glass and had the raspberry stoppers. Later editions are black plastic.

Square Bottles (Carre Flacons):

The demi-cristal square bottles (known as carre flacons) were usually reserved for parfum (extrait) but you can also find them used for Eau de Lanvin as well. Bottles will either be fitted with black glass stoppers or with black bakelite screw top caps. the black glass stoppers have gold baudruchage cording wrapped around the neck, the screw caps are black plastic with a gold ring around the neck. This guide will give you an idea what size you have if your bottle is missing it's label or the bottle does not say the size:

Black glass stopper parfum flacons:

• 4" tall
• 3.75" tall
• 3 oz stands 
• 1.9 oz (54g) stands 3.5" tall
• 1 oz (28g) stands 2.5" tall

Screw Top square parfum flacons:

• 1.9 oz stands 3.25" tall
• 1 oz (28g) stands 2.5" tall
• 1/2 oz (15g) stands almost 2.25" tall
• 1/4 oz stands almost 1.75" tall

Wrapping Paper Styles for Vintage Boxes:

Product Numbers:

These numbers were known as reference numbers and were used by the company in their stock catalog. These were on the packaging and sometimes labels as "No.", other companies used "Ref.". These are useful if you have an unopened box and wish to know what is inside before you open it. If you see something listed below without a reference number, please note that the item exists but I do not have the reference number, if you do, please let me know so I can update the catalog.


Arpege:

• No. 87 - 2.7 oz Extrait
• No. 801 - Veil of Arpege
• No. 805 - 2/3 oz Extrait
• No. 805 - 2.5 oz  Natural Spray
• No. 815 - 4 oz Eau de Lanvin (Toilet Water)
• No. 818 - 2 oz  Eau de Lanvin (Toilet Water) with Atomizer 
• No. 822 - Bath Soap Trio
• No. 828  - 1 oz Extrait
• No. 831 - 1/2 oz Bath Oil
• No. 850 - 2 oz Eau Arpege Refillable Spray
• No. 851 - 1 oz Eau Arpege Spray
• No. 862 - 2 oz Extrait
• No. 868 - 1/4 oz  Extrait
• No. 869 - 1/2 oz Extrait
• No. 870 - 1.9 oz (54g) Extrait
• No. 872 - 8.6 oz Extrait
• No. 877 - 1/8 oz Extrait
• No. 02.842 - 1/4 oz Parfum Spray Mist
• No. 1602 - 1 1/3 oz Eau Arpege Mist & 4 oz Dusting Powder Set

My Sin:

• No. 005 - 2/3 oz  Extrait
• No. 07 - 2 oz Eau de Lanvin (Toilet Water) Spray
• No. 28 - 1 oz - Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 31 - 1/2 oz  Bath Oil
• No. 51 -  Bath Soap Trio
• No. 61 - 1 oz Extrait (boule noir/cristal)
• No. 62 - 2 oz - Extrait (boule noir/cristal)
• No. 68 - 1/4 oz Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 69 - 1/2 oz Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 70 - Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 71 - Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 77 - 1/8 oz Extrait
• No. 85 - 1/4 oz  Parfum Spray Mist
• No. 87 - 2.7 oz Extrait
• No. 13.011 - 4 oz Eau My Sin  Eau de Toilette
• 2 oz Eau de Lanvin
• 1/8 oz Extrait (Lanvinette golden purse flacon)
• 3.5 oz Talc de Lanvin

Crescendo:

• No. 431 - 1/2 oz  Bath Oil
• No. 485 - 1/4 oz  Parfum Spray Mist

Spanish Geranium:

• No. 305 - 2/3 oz Extrait
• No. 318 - 2 oz Eau de Lanvin 
• No. 328 - 1 oz  Extrait
• No. 331 - 1/82 oz Bath Oil
• No. 362 - 2 oz Extrait
• No. 368 - 1/4 oz  Extrait
• No. 369 - 1/2 oz  Extrait
• No. 377 - 1/8 oz  Extrait

Scandal:

• No. 928 - 1 oz Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 931 - 1/2 oz  Bath Oil
• No. 961 - 1 oz Extrait (boule noir/cristal)
• No. 962 - 2 oz  Extrait (boule noir/cristal)
• No. 968 - 1/4 oz Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 969 - 1/2 oz  Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 970 - 2 oz ? Extrait (carre flacon)
• No. 977- 1/8 oz  Extrait
• No. 985 - 1/4 oz  Parfum Spray Mist
• 2 oz Eau de Lanvin
• 1/8 oz Extrait (Lanvinette golden purse flacon)

Pretexte:

• No. 705 - 2/3 oz Extrait
• No. 728 - 1 oz Extrait
• No. 731 - 1/2 oz  Bath Oil
• No. 762 - 2 oz Extrait
• No. 768 - 1/4 oz  Extrait
• No. 769 - 1/2 oz  Extrait
• No. 777 - 1/8 oz  Extrait
• No. 785 - 1/4 oz  Parfum Spray Mist
• No. 787 - 2.7 oz Extrait
• 2 oz Eau de Lanvin
• 1/8 oz Extrait (Lanvinette golden purse flacon)

Rumeur:

• No. 528 - 1 oz  Extrait
• No. 531 - 1/2 oz  Bath Oil
• No. 562 - 2 oz  Extrait
• No. 568 - 1/4 oz Extrait
• No. 569 - 1/2 oz  Extrait
• No. 577 - 1/8 oz Extrait
• No. 585 - 1/4 oz  Parfum Spray Mist
• No. 587 - 2.7 oz  Extrait
• No. 02 505 - 2/3 oz  Extrait

Vetyver:

• No. 23342 - 8 oz  Eau de Vetyver

Eau de Lanvin for Men:

• 3 oz Men's Lanvin (aftershave lotion)
• 6 oz Men's Lanvin (aftershave lotion)

Coffrets:

• No. 4444 - 4 Extraits in Coffret (Arpege, Scandal, Pretexte and My Sin/Arpege, Rumeur, Scandal, My Sin)