Shalimar 60th Anniversary Flacon 1985

In 1985, Guerlain commemorated the 60th anniversary of Shalimar with a truly distinctive creation — the Shalimar 60th Anniversary Flacon Paperweight Award. Designed as both a celebration of the house’s enduring success and a tribute to one of its most iconic perfumes, this exclusive piece was presented to top-performing sales leaders of Guerlain products that year.

The award features a factice bottle filled with colored perfume simulating Shalimar perfume, forever suspended within a solid block of clear Lucite. The transparent casing magnifies the flacon’s graceful lines and the golden hue of the perfume, transforming the classic chauve-souris (bat-wing) bottle into a timeless keepsake rather than a functional fragrance. Sealed completely within the Lucite, the bottle cannot be removed or used—preserving it in pristine form, like a captured moment of Guerlain’s history.

The cube itself stands 4 inches high and 3 inches wide, its base discreetly engraved to mark “60th Anniversary”, commemorating six decades of Shalimar’s legendary status. At once a symbol of achievement and artistry, this paperweight embodies Guerlain’s ability to merge luxury, heritage, and innovation, paying homage to a fragrance that had, by then, enchanted the world for sixty years.