🍾  Bottle with Popping Cork

The 🍾 emoji represents an exploding bottle of champagne, often with the cork popping off and some champagne bubbling out of the bottle.

The champagne bottle emoji was introduced in 2015 as part of Unicode 8.0.

Like many other emoji, it was designed to universally and digitally represent a common human experience or symbol, in this case the celebration of special occasions.

This emoji can be used in a variety of contexts. Here are a few examples:

To symbolize a special occasion, "Happy Birthday! 🍾"
To celebrate a success or achievement: "We closed the deal! 🍾"
To represent luxury or exclusivity: "A night in the VIP lounge. 🍾"

Compared to the 🥂 (toasting champagne glasses) emoji, which is often used to symbolize drinking and celebrating with others, the 🍾 emoji is more associated with the act of celebrating or the special occasion itself, regardless of whether others are involved. It often has a slightly more luxurious or formal tone than the 🍻 (toasting beer mugs) emoji, which is more commonly used for informal or everyday gatherings and celebrations. The 🎉 (party poppers) emoji has a similar meaning related to celebrations and can often be used in similar contexts, although it is less specific to drinking alcohol or feeling luxurious.