Two more bee bottle extravanganzas from Guerlain, both numbered limited editions done with Turkish jewellery designer Begüm Khan and featuring the Imagine fragrance. At left, a 1.5L bottle, hand-painted in fine 24-carat gold, and featuring a crystal-set beetle. 40 were made, no idea of the price. At right, the 125 ml bottle with "an imperial bee at the heart of a radiant golden flower, immortalising the magic of suspended time", $1000 (including a 30 ml spray as well), 4,515 were made.
Wow! I love both of them!
How is that fragrance? I know nothing about it.
(As if that is going to make up my mind whether to buy one.)
No idea and they do seem to reuse the name so it’s confusing.
i can’t believe I’m saying this, but $1000 is not an outrageous price if you love the scent and the (very pretty) bottle and just the general idea of limited editions.
Not that I ever would, but I wouldn’t judge someone.
I feel out of the loop because there’s a Guerlain fragrance I’ve never heard of.
Typical Guerlain shenanigans: the name Imagine was previously used for a UK exclusive and was the recycled scent of London from the city collection. This scent called Imagine is actually the edp version of a perfume called 190 Ans which was created for the 190th anniversary of the house. It’s a nice scent but not my favorite bee bottle (that would be Mon Précieux Nectar).
Mon Precieux Nectar is my “newer” Guerlain of choice, every time; Mitsouko being the “older” Guerlain of choice. I could probably make do with those two on a desert island or where ever, if I had to… the special edition bottles are pretty, but often fall into the category of objects my mother referred to as “dust-catchers”….