Guerlain has launched Boisé Torride, the latest addition to the Elixirs Charnels collection:
The sultry seductress is a “smouldering wood” scent…
Guerlain Les Secrets de Sophie ~ new perfume
Guerlain has launched Les Secrets de Sophie, a new perfume by Jean-Paul Guerlain presented in three limited edition bottles by French jewelry designer Sophie Levy. Les Secrets Noirs de Sophie (shown above) has accents in black, Les Secrets Poudres de Sophie in pink, and Les Secrets Nacres de Sophie, in white…
Not what it used to be
Yet he recognizes that perfume is not what it used to be.
"The general idea of luxury fragrance - which is a dream, a self-indulgence - is gone.
"A lot of people use fragrance as a pin, on a jacket, as decoration,'' he said. "It's an accessory, (a piece) of a designer."
— Guerlain's house perfumer, Thierry Wasser, quoted in Perfume Encounter at the Montreal Gazette.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2009, part 12
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 Czech & Speake, the No. 88 Limited Edition: “Czech & Speake presents its signature No.88 fragrance in a luxurious and distinctive hand blown and finely etched limited edition black crystal flacon. The 1930’s art deco and Lalique inspired design is superb with a unique yet subtle intertwining ‘88’ pattern and is finished with a classic white crystal stopper…”
A very young girl, French, so Guerlain
Nora Arnezeder in the 'le making of' for the Guerlain Idylle commercial (you can see the finished product here). Via maisonguerlain at YouTube.
Update: the video is no longer available, sorry!