Guerlain has launched Nuit d’Amour, a new fragrance by perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain.
Nuit d’Amour was inspired by the Klimt painting Dame au Chapeau et Boa de Plumes…
Guerlain Tutti Kiwi fragrance review
Tutti Kiwi is one of the two entries for 2006 in Guerlain’s Aqua Allegoria range. The Aqua Allegoria fragrances tend to be lighter, younger and simpler in composition than those in the regular line, and they are basically limited editions: if they do well, they hang around, but otherwise they hit the chopping block in short order — last year’s Orange Magnifica has already disappeared from the Guerlain website, as has my favorite Aqua Allegoria, Anisia Bella. Tutti Kiwi is attributed to perfumer Jean Paul Guerlain, and the notes are tangerine, rhubarb, frosted lemon, kiwi, geranium, mock orange, sandalwood, vanilla and woods.
I will start with a disclaimer for anyone who isn’t a regular reader: I don’t particularly love fruity florals. Beyond that, kiwi is firmly entrenched very near the bottom of the list of fruits I’d like to smell on my person. The first few minutes of Tutti Kiwi, however, were a pleasant surprise: a crisp and sparkling blend of rhubarb and citrus, very tart and slightly green. After that, the kiwi kicks in along with vague floral notes, and the crisp and sparkling part eventually gives way to a rather indistinct fruity floral over a Guerlain-ish base of sandalwood and vanilla…
Eau de Guerlain ~ fragrance review
Eau de Guerlain was one of the first fragrances I purchased after becoming seriously interested in fragrance in 2003. It was created by Jean Paul Guerlain and launched in 1974, and is the most recent of the Guerlain Eaux range, which also includes Eau Imperiale (1853), Eau de Coq (1894), and Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat (1920). It is easily my favorite of them all, and one of my favorite summer fragrances in general. The notes for Eau de Guerlain are lemon, bergamot, verbena, neroli, thyme, oakmoss and tonka bean, although there are wildly varying lists of notes (as always) to be found online…
Guerlain Guerlinade fragrance review
Guerlinade is the accord that was used as a “house signature” in all of the classic Guerlain perfumes, and in many of their modern fragrances as well. It was developed by Aimé Guerlain, the creator of Jicky, and is said to contain bergamot, rose, jasmine, tonka bean, iris, and vanilla.
In 1998, a limited edition Eau de Parfum, also called Guerlinade, was released to celebrate the firm’s 170th anniversary…
Guerlain Vetiver & Vetiver Pour Elle
Guerlain Vetiver was the first solo fragrance effort by Jean Paul Guerlain, the great grandson of Guerlain founder Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain. Reportedly created for the South American market, the fragrance was released in 1959 and relaunched in 2000. I never smelled the original version, so I cannot say to what extent it was reformulated at that time, but according to the reviewers on basenotes, this is not your father’s Vetiver. It has notes of orange, lemon, bergamot, pepper, coriander, nutmeg, oakmoss, tobacco, and tonka bean.
Vetiver starts with a bright, almost aggressive burst of citrus. There is a dusty buzz of spices which eventually settles into recognizable notes of pepper and nutmeg, and they last right through the dry down. There is also vetiver, and oakmoss, and in the far dry down, quite a bit of tobacco. There is said to be carnation, and possibly other floral notes, but they are not in the least noticeable to my nose…