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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 2 August 2017 5 Comments

Shalimar Sensational Body Lotion

Guerlain has moved its Shalimar body care line into standard packaging. (If you will miss the old blue bottles, get shopping soon! And note that a number of their older perfumes have moved into “standard” packaging too.*) Above is the Shalimar Sensational Body Lotion: “With its bath and body line, Shalimar celebrates feminine beauty by offering sensual and refined rituals for the senses. An art de vivre becomes an art of the body, an art of beauty. An essential step in any beauty ritual, the Sensational Body Lotion offers a delicious thrill for the body. Its fluid, satiny texture quickly penetrates the skin and leaves it soft, supple and delicately perfumed.” 200 ml for $61 at Neiman Marcus…

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Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 18 July 2017 37 Comments

Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto label

I’m surely the wrong person to review Guerlain’s new La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto, since I’ve long since lost track of all the flankers to the (currently canonical) La Petite Robe Noire from 2012, and really I can only just barely remember the difference between 2012 La Petite Robe Noire and 2011 La Petite Robe Noire and 2009 La Petite Robe Noire. All I can tell you is that I found at least one variation fun, and on the rare occasions that I’ve smelled (more? other?) versions of La Petite Robe Noire in stores, nothing happened to inspire me to do a better job of keeping track. So before smelling Black Perfecto, I consulted the expert on all things Guerlain, Monsieur Guerlain. Monsieur Guerlain, for those of you not familiar with him, has no affiliation with the brand, but as near as I can tell, he is paying far more attention to the subject of Guerlain’s fragrance output than anybody else on earth, possibly even the folks at Guerlain…

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Guerlain Lui ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 June 2017 31 Comments

Guerlain Lui

Guerlain has launched Lui, a new unisex fragrance. Lui plays on the name (and bottle design) of 1929’s Liu…

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One of these days, part 5

Posted by Robin on 14 June 2017 Leave a Comment

More boots made for walking, for Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 12 June 2017 4 Comments

You keep the bronzer, I'll take the cute little 15 ml purse spray of Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum. €55 for the coffret at Guerlain in France.

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