Perfumer Delphine Jelk on the new La Petite Robe Noire Rose Cherry.
The daily lemming
If you did not snatch up the Abeille Noire Édition Prestige / Black Bee Prestige Edition of Guerlain Imagine, here’s another chance to get a piece of French jeweler Lorenz Bäumer’s work for Guerlain: La Secret de la Reine. The wings open if you press on the 2 carat pear-shaped diamond just below the “head”, and then you can use a pipette to scent the honeycomb section. It is almost 3 inches long, and it can be worn as a brooch or pendant. Shown above in the rock crystal, white and yellow gold version, and below the jump in the onyx and white gold version. Both versions feature over 14 carats of diamonds…
Guerlain Jasmin Bonheur ~ new fragrance
Guerlain will introduce Jasmin Bonheur, a new addition to the brand’s L’Art et la Matière collection, in January. The last release in the series comprised Oud Nude, Cherry Oud and Oud Khôl…
Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Rose Cherry ~ new fragrance
Guerlain has introduced La Petite Robe Noire Rose Cherry, a new fragrance for women. La Petite Robe Noire Rose Cherry is a flanker to the 2012 version of La Petite Robe Noire…
What to give the woman who has everything
What to give the woman who has everything? It’s a question that consumed Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain when he was tasked with creating a fragrance to commemorate Empress Eugénie’s marriage to Napoleon III, in 1853. While the perfumer got to work on blending notes of bergamot, lemon, neroli, and petitgrain, he turned to the master glassmaker Pochet du Courval to design a bottle that was as stylish and memorable as its spirited young recipient.
— Read more in The Surprisingly Rich History of Guerlain’s Bee Bottle at W Magazine.