Flacon Abeilles (Bees) - c1828 - Present
Used for eaux de cologne and eaux de toilette. Made by Pochet et du Courval. Originally created to house 'Eau de Cologne Impériale' for the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III; its decorative bees were a symbol of Napoleon and have since then, have become Guerlain’s house symbol. You could get your bee bottle personalized with your monogram or the bees painted with gilded enamel.
- 125cc/125ml/4.23 oz - 14cm/5.15" (1947), ground ball stopper, then changed to plastic in 1982
- 250cc/250ml/8.4 oz - 16cm/6.3" (1947), ground ball stopper, then changed to plastic in 1982
- 500cc/500ml/16.9 oz - 20cm/7.87" (1947), ground ball stopper, then changed to plastic in 1982
- 1 liter/1000ml - 23,5cm/4.3"-9.25" (1853), truncated ground stopper, then changed to ball shape in 1947
- 2 liter/2000ml - 31cm/8.27"-12.2" (1920), truncated ground stopper, then changed to ball shape in 1947
- In 1962, a cobalt prototype or limited edition was released, only for that year.
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