Decision 01
One scale for everything
Flacon, stopper and coffret scale together by ×2.505, set by the thinnest wall reaching 2.0 mm.
Designed
Packaging · Fragrance
ABAN
My original fragrance flacon and coffret, rebuilt at real size as a 30 ml extrait: measured glass walls, a ground stopper, a fill line and a holder the bottle sits in.
Ruby glass, gold swirl emblem, a jewelled crystal stopper with gold inlays — the original red edition.
01 — The product in 10 secondsABAN
The Divine Essence of Persia
- What it is
- A bell-shaped flacon with a gold swirl emblem and a jewelled stopper, presented in velvet coffrets across four editions.
- Who it is for
- Premium fragrance buyers who value the flacon and coffret as lasting display objects.
- The problem
- The original model had open glass surfaces, no neck and a bottle passing through its holder — and it was drawn about 2.5 times too small.
- What is different
- One scale factor (×2.505), set by the thinnest wall reaching 2 mm. The shallow neck made it a splash extrait with a ground stopper, not a spray.
- Extrait fill · brimful 33.2 mlMeasured on model
- 30 ml
- Glass wall, sampled minimum (body) · neck 1.81 mmMeasured on model · sampled
- 2.10 mm
- One scale to real size, set by the thinnest wallDesigned
- ×2.505
- Editions, one engineeringDesigned
- 4
02 — The design challenge
Too small to fill, too open to hold.
At its drawn size the flacon held 2.28 ml, its glass had no thickness and the bottle passed straight through its holder. The 2026 model finds one scale that makes every wall real and keeps the proportions.
Original render and 2026 model — different cameras and lighting, so compare the geometry, not the mood.
03 — My contributionOwn design, re-engineered
What I did.
My own design: the original and its 2026 re-engineering.
- Original flacon, stopper and coffret design
- Rhino modelling
- Glass rebuild: walls, fill, neck
- Coffret holder fit
- Technical drawings
- Renders
04 — Design response4 decisions · reason · evidence
The decisions that shaped it.
Decision 02
A splash extrait, not a spray
The neck land is only 13.9 mm deep — less than a 15 mm spray ferrule needs — so the cap became a ground stopper.
Measured on model
Decision 03
Glass with real walls
The glass solid is the outer skin minus the inner skin, pushed out to 2.1 mm wherever the body was thinner (sampled; the neck wall is 1.81 mm): 33.2 ml brimful for a 30 ml fill.
Measured on model
Decision 04
A holder the bottle sits in
The holder is raised onto the stand and pocketed for the bottle with 0.40 mm clearance.
Measured on model
05 — Product architecture & engineeringCAD-developed concept
How it is built.
CAD-developed glass and coffret geometry. Wall distribution depends on the glass process, which is not chosen; every figure describes the model.
| Item | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Fill | 30 ml extrait · 33.2 ml brimful | Measured on model |
| Glass wall | 2.10 mm sampled minimum (body) · neck 1.81 mm | Measured on model · sampled |
| Scale | ×2.505 from the original | Designed |
| Holder clearance | 0.40 mm | Measured on model |
Engineering notes the longer story
ABAN was a bell-shaped flacon with a gold swirl emblem and an ornate stopper, presented in velvet coffrets in four editions. The original model had open glass surfaces, no neck, and a bottle passing straight through its holder.
The 2026 model uses one scale factor for flacon, stopper and coffret (×2.505), set by the thinnest wall reaching 2.0 mm. At the neck the bell is too shallow for a spray ferrule, so it became a splash extrait with a ground stopper — the proportions stay mine.
06 — Drawings
CAD-developed concept07 — CMFColour · material · finish
Material with a job.
Four editions on one engineering. Decoration processes for the gold lines and the lotus are open.
- Ruby glass
Flacon
The original red edition, in red velvet.
- Sapphire glass
Flacon
Blue velvet coffret, gold lining.
- Gold-metallised glass
Flacon
Black leather case with a red interior.
- Black lacquered glass
Flacon · Opaque
Black velvet coffret.
08 — The finished object
ABAN
09 — Project status
CAD-developed concept- Stage
- CAD-developed conceptThe product modelled in CAD to the depth the page states — exterior, key interfaces and the checks listed. Not built or physically validated.
- What exists
- The original Rhino + KeyShot model (2022) and the 2026 model with drawings.
- Physical evidence
- None.
- Not claimed
- A transit seal for the stopper
- Glass process or wall distribution
- Decoration process
- Still open
- Decoration process for the gold lines and the lotus motif.
- Coffret hinge and closure.
- Images
- Renders of the re-engineered Rhino model. Original: Rhino + KeyShot.
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