Guerlain has launched Les Déserts D’Orient, a trio of perfumes inspired by raw materials of the Middle East. All three fragrances were developed by Guerlain house perfumer Thierry Wasser…
Guerlain Lys Soleia ~ perfume review
I have something of a love-hate relationship with the Aqua Allegoria range from Guerlain. To recap for those who aren’t familiar with them, the Aqua Allegoria series was introduced in 1999 as a youth-oriented, reasonably-priced line aimed at bringing younger consumers into the Guerlain fold. In the early years, the fragrances were done in a naturalistic style, usually highlighting one or two notes, but more recent outings have strayed from those conventions. They’re generally launched as limited editions, then if they do well, they get added to the regular line. For some years, they’ve done two new Aqua Allegoria fragrances a year, but since 2010, they’ve only put one of the two into widespread distribution.1
There’s no point in looking for the next Shalimar among the Aqua Allegorias, but some of them have been highly enjoyable fragrances, and a few of them of them are staples in my summer fragrance wardrobe.2 The last few years, though — since Thierry Wasser took over as Guerlain’s house perfumer — they’ve been concentrating on a “young, fresh and dewy” style, not altogether unlike that of Guerlain Idylle. Sometimes that works, sometimes the output strikes me as forgettable and/or insipid.
This year’s widely distributed Aqua Allegoria is Lys Soleia…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2012, part 9
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.
Not a special bottle, really, but a gift with purchase worth knowing about: Byredo’s Seven Veils fragrance sold with a limited edition scarf designed in collaboration with M/M Paris. There are seven different designs, and 25 scarves done in each. At Barneys, $430…
Guerlain Muguet 2012 ~ new fragrance
Guerlain will release their annual limited edition version of Muguet on May 1; as is the tradition, it will be officially for sale on that day only…
Guerlain Mon Precieux Nectar ~ new perfume
Guerlain has launched Mon Précieux Nectar, a reissue of a 2009 limited edition fragrance that was available in a crystal fountain, the Fontaine Imperiale (reportedly 35 one-liter bottles were made). Mon Précieux Nectar now joins the Les Parisiennes collection…