A device for packaging and applying a product includes a container to hold the product, with this container having an opening at its upper end, a wiper element engaged at least partially in the opening, an applicator including an applicator element carried by a rod of axis X, and a closure element for the container. The wiper element includes a sealing zone against which part of the rod is capable of coming into leaktight contact when the closure element is in the closed position, and a zone of greater deformability, located above the sealing zone, and which is capable of stretching axially when the rod is bearing against the sealing zone of the wiper element.