Perfumer Thierry Wasser talks about Mon Guerlain Eau de Parfum Intense.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2019, part 4
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special edition bottles from Cartier, Frédéric Malle, Guerlain, Goutal Paris and Calvin Klein.
New limited edition bottles of Cartier La Panthère to celebrate the scent’s 5th anniversary. At Nordstrom; both are listed as Eau de Parfum (which seems unlikely), in 25 and 75 ml…
The daily lemming
A lemming for fans of Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire: a collector bottle of the Eau de Parfum Intense featuring a glitter dress and box. €99 for 50 ml at Guerlain in France.
Probably for men
When I asked Philippe Guerlain if Jicky was made for women or men, he looked at me and said, ‘Probably for men, but by about 1900 it became clear that men weren’t buying it, so we put it in a new bottle shaped like a champagne cork for women.’ However, about 10 years ago Guerlain asked me to change the gender classification again.
— Fragrance expert Michael Edwards, author of Perfume Legends, on Jicky's gender status. Read more at Why perfumes are moving beyond gender at Financial Review.
(Yet another) wild thing
Angelina Jolie in Cambodia for Mon Guerlain Intense. (More wild things.)