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 collector items from Guerlain, Estee Lauder and 4711; and a new format for Elizabeth and James Nirvana.
From Guerlain’s limited edition holiday collection for 2014, Coque d’Or Spray Powder…
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 collector items from Guerlain, Hello Kitty, Yves Saint Laurent and Aramis; plus new packaging from Keiko Mecheri.
From Guerlain, La Petite Robe Noire in black Baccarat crystal with embroidered flowers by Macon & Lesquoy. In 250 ml Extrait de Parfum…
French photographer Denis Chapoullié went on a trip to Sri Lanka in 2012 with Guerlain perfumer Thierry Wasser; he's turned his photographs into a video. Other than a few shots of Wasser, this has nothing to do with perfume, but it's lovely. Found at Monsieur Guerlain at Facebook.
Natalia Vodianova for the new Shalimar Souffle de Parfum from Guerlain. You might remember she was also in the La Legende de Shalimar commercial.
At what point does a flanker stray so far from its parent that it ceases to earn the family name? Guerlain Shalimar Souffle de Parfum edges awfully close to that line. Yes, it still broadcasts its familiar vanilla, amber, and lemon, but Shalimar Souffle flouts its mother’s mystery and marches straight into “Hi folks, see you down at the mall — the fancy one with the Neiman Marcus” territory.
Shalimar Souffle de Parfum was developed by Guerlain’s house perfumer, Thierry Wasser. Its notes include bergamot, lemon, mandarin orange, jasmine sambac, “l’absolu de l’eau de fleurs d’oranger” (a material Guerlain notes it’s using for the first time), white musk (“an avalanche” of it, the French press release reads), and a combination of Indian and Tahitian vanillas.
I don’t want you to think I’m such a traditionalist that I oppose any Shalimar flanker…