Container for liquid substances comprising - a neck having an opening on an upper side (3.1) of the container, - a cap, wherein a flat surface (6.2) is arranged on a cap upper side (6.1) and a first receptacle is arranged on a cap lower side (6.3), - a second receptacle arranged on the cap lower side (6.3) which is adapted for positive receipt of a partial surface (1.2) of the container so that when the cap has been removed and rests on the flat surface (6.2) the container can be placed in the second receptacle, wherein the first receptacle passes through the second receptacle, characterized in that - the container is a vial for storing a liquid cosmetic substance, - the container is cuboid, wherein - the container has six rectangular side surfaces (1.4) which are at right angles to one another, - respectively three of the six side surfaces (1.4) converge on the lower side (3.2) of the container in one of four rectangular corner regions (1.3), - a dispensing device for the liquid cosmetic substance is fastened to the neck having an opening, which device has an outer part (4.1), - the dispensing device has a pump whose pressure side is connected to a dispensing head (5.1) and whose suction side is connected to a riser guided into the interior (1.1) of the container, - the first receptacle is adapted for placement of the cap on the outer part (4.1) of the dispensing device - and the second receptacle is configured as a three-sided pyramid open towards a base surface (8.1), wherein the three sides (8.2) at the tip (8.3) of the pyramid are at right angles to one another, adapted to positively receive one of the four rectangular corner regions (1.3) of the container. - a neck having an opening on an upper side (3.1) of the container, - a cap, wherein a flat surface (6.2) is arranged on a cap upper side (6.1) and a first receptacle is arranged on a cap lower side (6.3), - a second receptacle arranged on the cap lower side (6.3) which is adapted for positive receipt of a partial surface (1.2) of the container so that when the cap has been removed and rests on the flat surface (6.2) the container can be placed in the second receptacle, wherein the first receptacle passes through the second receptacle, - the container is a vial for storing a liquid cosmetic substance, - the container is cuboid, wherein - the container has six rectangular side surfaces (1.4) which are at right angles to one another, - respectively three of the six side surfaces (1.4) converge on the lower side (3.2) of the container in one of four rectangular corner regions (1.3), - the container has six rectangular side surfaces (1.4) which are at right angles to one another, - respectively three of the six side surfaces (1.4) converge on the lower side (3.2) of the container in one of four rectangular corner regions (1.3), - a dispensing device for the liquid cosmetic substance is fastened to the neck having an opening, which device has an outer part (4.1), - the dispensing device has a pump whose pressure side is connected to a dispensing head (5.1) and whose suction side is connected to a riser guided into the interior (1.1) of the container, - the first receptacle is adapted for placement of the cap on the outer part (4.1) of the dispensing device - and the second receptacle is configured as a three-sided pyramid open towards a base surface (8.1), wherein the three sides (8.2) at the tip (8.3) of the pyramid are at right angles to one another, adapted to positively receive one of the four rectangular corner regions (1.3) of the container.