Amber glass perfume bottle on a black plinth, backlit

Amber Bottle

An amber glass bottle, backlit, rendered before its first prototype even existed.

Client: Étude personnelle
Year: 2026
Category: Packshot
Renderer: Karma XPU
Deliverables: 3 stills at 6000 px, one 15 s film

The bottle only existed as a CAD file when the project started. The challenge: make thick glass and amber liquid believable with no reference photo at all.

I built the set like a real photo shoot: a backlight card hidden behind the bottle, two strip lights to draw the edges, a soft spot on the backdrop.

The render comes out of Karma XPU at 6000 pixels, with separate passes for grading in Nuke.

Amber Bottle, final render — Clay — Drag to go from the clay pass to the final render.

Amber Bottle, final render — Final — Drag to go from the clay pass to the final render.

Amber Bottle, clay pass — Final render and clay pass.

Art direction: Thomas Remblier
Modelling, lighting, rendering: Thomas Remblier
Tools: Houdini, Karma, Nuke