Guerlain has launched Mademoiselle Guerlain, a new addition to their limited distribution Les Parisiennes collection. Mademoiselle Guerlain is a reissue of the 2011 version of La Petite Robe Noire, aka La Petite Robe Noire 2…
Top 10 Spring Fragrances 2014
Where I live, it’s as if we fell off a cliff from frosty mornings and rain-slicked trees into yellow tufts of daffodils. Chives spring up in clumps in the vegetable garden, and my plum tree is puffed with blossoms. Heck, that guy in accounting even shaved off his beard. No question about it: It’s spring.
For my top 10 of spring, I’m going to be perfectly frank about the perfume I’ll be wearing. I’m not going to force-fit recent releases to show you how on top of it I am or sprinkle in variety for the sake of a well-rounded post. No, I’m going to tell you exactly what favorites I’ll be dragging from the back of the perfume closet. Judge me as you may.
Guerlain Chamade: As soon as I smell daphne in the neighborhood, I go straight for my atomizer of Chamade Eau de Toilette or my precious decant of Parfum — or sometimes both…
Two from Guerlain
First up, a 1980s commercial for Mitsouko. Below the jump, a 1985 ad for Guerlain Derby. Both in French.
Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum ~ new fragrance
Guerlain will launch Terracotta Le Parfum, a new limited edition perfume for women, in May. The fragrance celebrates the 30th anniversary of the brand’s Terracotta bronzing cosmetic products, and is described as ‘the allure of the sun in a bottle’…
Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Eau de Parfum Couture ~ fragrance review
This month Guerlain released La Petite Robe Noire Eau de Parfum Couture, a flanker to La Petite Robe Noire — the 2012 version, as Robin recently explained, not the 2009 or 2011 versions.1 This new interpretation reportedly combines “fresh floral notes” with “ultra-refined woody notes” in a composition of raspberry, bergamot, rose essence, rose absolute, patchouli, moss, vetiver and tonka bean. It was developed by Guerlain house perfumer Thierry Wasser.
As you may remember, I was not terribly fond of 2012’s La Petite Robe Noire. I do prefer this Eau de Parfum Couture version, because I find it softer and less aggressively youthful…