Liquid dispenser, in particular for discharging pharmaceutical or cosmetic liquids, having the following features: a. the liquid dispenser has a base unit with a liquid reservoir for receiving liquid prior to discharge, and b. the liquid dispenser has a discharge head to be fastened to the base unit, and c. the discharge head has a housing which is preferably displaceable with respect to the base unit for the purpose of actuation of the liquid dispenser, and d. the discharge head has a liquid inlet through which liquid that is to be discharged can pass from the liquid reservoir to the discharge head, and e. the discharge head has a discharge opening through which the liquid can be given off into a surrounding atmosphere, and f. between the liquid inlet and the discharge opening there is provided a swirl chamber with at least one eccentrically opening inlet duct so that swirl is imparted to inflowing liquid, resulting in a spray jet on egress from the discharge opening, and g. the swirl chamber can be switched between at least one first and a second configuration by changing the geometry of walls of the swirl chamber and/or of the at least one inlet duct, and h. the swirl chamber and/or the inlet duct is bounded by two swirl chamber components (54, 70) that can be moved with respect to one another, i. the discharge head has a grip (52, 84, 86) for manual switching between the configurations, characterized by one of the following features: j. there is provided, for manual actuation, a switching face by means of which it is possible to change the relative position of the two swirl chamber components (54, 70) to one another, wherein the switching face is coupled to one of the two swirl chamber components by means of a transmission, is provided on a side of the discharge head oriented away from the base unit and is movable with respect to the housing of the discharge head in a direction which corresponds (+/- 20°) to the translatory relative movement direction of the discharge head with respect to the base unit, or k. the discharge head is designed to be rotatable with respect to the base unit, about a rotation axis, and there is provided a transmission by means of which a rotational movement of the discharge head brings about a relative displacement of the swirl chamber components (54, 70). a. the liquid dispenser has a base unit with a liquid reservoir for receiving liquid prior to discharge, and b. the liquid dispenser has a discharge head to be fastened to the base unit, and c. the discharge head has a housing which is preferably displaceable with respect to the base unit for the purpose of actuation of the liquid dispenser, and d. the discharge head has a liquid inlet through which liquid that is to be discharged can pass from the liquid reservoir to the discharge head, and e. the discharge head has a discharge opening through which the liquid can be given off into a surrounding atmosphere, and f. between the liquid inlet and the discharge opening there is provided a swirl chamber with at least one eccentrically opening inlet duct so that swirl is imparted to inflowing liquid, resulting in a spray jet on egress from the discharge opening, and g. the swirl chamber can be switched between at least one first and a second configuration by changing the geometry of walls of the swirl chamber and/or of the at least one inlet duct, and h. the swirl chamber and/or the inlet duct is bounded by two swirl chamber components (54, 70) that can be moved with respect to one another, i. the discharge head has a grip (52, 84, 86) for manual switching between the configurations, j. there is provided, for manual actuation, a switching face by means of which it is possible to change the relative position of the two swirl chamber components (54, 70) to one another, wherein the switching face is coupled to one of the two swirl chamber components by means of a transmission, is provided on a side of the discharge head oriented away from the base unit and is movable with respect to the housing of the discharge head in a direction which corresponds (+/- 20°) to the translatory relative movement direction of the discharge head with respect to the base unit, or k. the discharge head is designed to be rotatable with respect to the base unit, about a rotation axis, and there is provided a transmission by means of which a rotational movement of the discharge head brings about a relative displacement of the swirl chamber components (54, 70).