221B Patina on Brass, 50 ml

1. I Brass The metal as it was before the air reached it.
2. II Turning Caught halfway when the plate was set, and still turning, very slowly.
3. III Patina The colour the brass settles into.

One bottle, one owner

The pieces are hand-patinated, so no two bottles are alike and yours will differ from the one photographed. There is no choice of plate: each bottle arrives with its own.

For 221B

221B wears the house’s Brown Blue Patina, as do Shadow Éclat and Béton Chaud.

Care

Keep the bottle out of direct sunlight and close the cap after use. No particular care is needed: left alone, the brass keeps taking on its patina, and the longer it goes, the more beautiful it becomes. The one piece still bare brass can simply be dusted now and then.

Series #1 · Film

The Patina Bottle

Our first film: the Patina bottle, and the material R Parfums has worn since its first day.

1. Warmed, then coloured by hand The brass is warmed, then given thin washes of metal salts that bring the colour up. Brush, spray or sponge decides the pattern.
2. Filed and polished Each piece is filed down until it sits exactly in its place on the glass.
3. Three pieces set on the glass Three pieces on one bottle: one left as brass, one fully patinated, one caught midway.
4. Sealed under a UV-resistant coat A UV-resistant coat goes over the patina. It protects the colour and still lets it breathe. The coat slows the change; it does not stop it.

Between the plates, the perfume glows gold through the glass and holds the three together.