Guerlain has launched Cologne du 68, named for the address of their flagship store on the Champs Elysées in Paris. The fragrance was created by nose Sophie Labbé, and includes green tangerine, lemon petit-grain, limette, star anise, coriandre, cardamom, pepper, immortelle, opoponax, and cedar. The fragrance is exclusive to the flagship store and is 180€ for 490 ml. According to Bois de Jasmin, there was a 2002 Guerlain fragrance of the same name by nose Mathilde Laurent; whether this is an entirely new fragrance or a reworking of the older scent, I cannot say. Update: see a review of Guerlain Cologne du 68.
Hermès will launch Elixir des Merveilles in September. The fragrance was created by nose Jean Claude Ellena and features notes of candied orange peel, vanilla biscuit (tonka bean), sandalwood, incense and ambergris. (both above via parisjoyce)
Update: see a review of Hermes Elixir des Merveilles.
One thing is certain–this No. 68 is different from 2002 No. 68. It is confusing as I do not know what!
There should be a law against reusing old perfume names, it hard enough to keep them all straight as it is 🙂
Cannot wait for Elixir. I am a little puzzled by vanilla biscuit but everything else sounds wonderful.
M, my translations are always puzzling, LOL…but it seemed to say something along the lines of vanilla biscuit born of tonka bean…
OK, let's see if I've got this straight: Chanel No. 5 Elixir is a subset, sequel, whatever of/to Chanel No.5. Elixir des Merveilles, though, has no or some or tenuous relation to Eau de Merveilles? Made by a different nose, certainly. I understand there's orange in both, but… . I also understand that Hermes and Chanel are two different entities, with different marketing strategies. It's still very confusing, non?
Well, its got the amber too, and they are calling it the “third in the trio”, so just assuming it will have more of an obvious relationship than the notes might indicate? A sort of foody version of Merveilles?
I sniffed the 68 when I was last in the Guerlain boutique and it just seemed like another Guerlain cologne to me. Disappointing
Glad to hear it since I'll probably never get to smell it myself 🙂
The size of the bottle is completely unreasonable. What is next? 1 litre of perfume?
It is now widely available in a 100 ml size 🙂