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.
From Cacharel, the “Jellies” collection: 20 ml atomizers of Noa, Anais Anais, Scarlett, Amor Amor y Amor Amor Tentation…
Guerlain has launched Homme L’Eau, a new flanker to 2008’s Guerlain Homme. The new scent for men is purportedly a “masterpiece of invigorating freshness”, and was developed by Guerlain house perfumer Thierry Wasser…
Three perfume commercials from director Bruno Aveillan. First, Guerlain Mahora. Below the jump, Lanvin Oxygene and Eau de Rochas.
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.
From Estee Lauder, a solid perfume pendant in the Bronze Goddess fragrance…
To me, Guerlain Chamade Eau de Toilette is spring in a bottle. Spraying it is like encountering a bank of daffodils on a grey day and realizing birds are chirping and winter is on its last legs. Spraying Chamade you can practically see a bouquet of purple hyacinths, stems and all, materialize, complete with a hummingbird whirring in for breakfast. While snow pummeled the East Coast, it has been unseasonably balmy here, and crocuses splatter across lawns. It’s Chamade season.
Jean-Paul Guerlain created Chamade. It launched in 1969, and in The Book of Perfumes, John Oakes writes that Guerlain spent seven years and made more than 1,300 trial versions before he perfected it.1 Guerlain’s website calls Chamade an “oriental fruity floral” and mentions cassis buds, hyacinth, and Guerlinade as its notes. Jan Moran‘s Fabulous Fragrances lists Chamade’s top notes as greens, galbanum, bergamot, hyacinth, and aldehydes; its heart as rose, jasmine, lilac, and clove; and its base as vanilla, amber, benzoin, sandalwood, and vetiver.2
If you’ve read anything about Chamade, you probably know that a chamade is the name of a pattern of drumbeat the French troops used back in the day to communicate retreat…