René Lalique, Rene Lalique, 'Dahlia', 100 ml. or 3.38 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, 1931, Paris, France ..

René Jules Lalique was born in 1860, in the village of Ay, in the Champagne region of France. Two years later, his father, a Parisian mercantile agent, moves his family to a suburb of Paris. They return to Ay for summer holidays, and Lalique will have a lifelong attachment to his native countryside. In 1872 René entered the Collège Turgot where he begins studying drawing with Justin-Marie Lequien.

In 1876 after the death of his father, René begins working as an apprentice to the jeweler and goldsmith Louis Aucoc. Aucoc was among the leading luxury jewelers in Paris and under his guidance, René gains practical experience, learning rudimentary skills and the properties of a jeweler's raw materials. René also attends evening classes at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. In 1878 he moved to London to continue his studies. He spent two years in London, where he attended the Sydenham College located in the Crystal Palace. In the freedom of his new environment, Lalique cultivates his graphic design skills, and develops a unique and naturalistic style that would later become his trademark as a jeweller. He later began to incorporate glass into his designs.

In 1908, François Coty commissioned Lalique to design his perfume labels. As a result, Lalique created his first perfume bottles for François Coty. The teamwork of these two would eventually revolutionize the perfume industry, by presenting fine perfumes in attractive containers at affordable prices. He rented the Combs-la-Ville glassworks. By 1909 Lalique continued to experiment with glass manufacturing techniques, applying technology from French wine and pharmaceutical industries. The history of Lalique is inextricably bound up with the history of perfume itself. René Lalique, the most innovative glass designer of his time .. almost certainly of all time, in fact .. created the flacons for many of the world’s most exclusive and iconic perfumes.

Created in 1931, this beautiful flacon was part of a vanity set that included other pieces such as a poudriere. I am unsure as to whether Lalique launched this flacon with perfume in it, or whether the one I am offering here has had perfume put into it. The perfume is a beautiful Jasmine fragrance.

This listing is mainly for the beautiful Lalique crystal flacon, as I cannot verify the fragrance, though it is so lovely! This is an extra large flacon. It is difficult to see from my photograph of the bottom, but it is engraved 'Lalique, France' in cursive writing.

Was $420 .. Now on Sale $200