Last year, British niche line Ormonde Jayne launched Montabaco Verano, a limited edition flanker to 2012’s Montabaco. This year, the brand is introducing a new collection, La Route de Soie, leading off with the four fragrances Byzance, Damask, Levant and Tanger. Look for Xi’an, Indus and Xandria to join the series later in the year…
Guerlain's 2020 iteration of Muguet (here is 2019, and 2018): "Creative studio Maison Massillon conceived a custom floral decoration made of unfired porcelain that crowns the dome of Guerlain’s iconic bee bottle (Pochet du Courval). Designed to celebrate the return of spring, it is composed of white flowers and stamen affixed to 24-carat gold-plated wire." €550 for 125 ml plus a 20 ml travel bottle in white leather sheath. (via luxepackaginginsight)
Dolce & Gabbana has launched Light Blue Love is Love, new limited edition flankers to 2001’s Light Blue and 2007′s Light Blue Pour Homme. Last year’s model: Light Blue Sun…
Method's latest limited edition collection of liquid and foaming hand soaps is "Women in Design", in collaboration with the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt. Above left is Island Rain, with a botanical print inspired by the works of textile designer Marguerita Mergentime. At center, Wild Meadows, inspired by illustrator and designer Ilonka Karasz. At right, Orange Slice, with a design inspired by Barbara White's work with Japanese paper.
In case you missed last year's Raw Materials in Color collection from Diptyque, here's your next opportunity to snag a limited edition collector bottle: the Impossible Bouquets collection. "Six unreal floral arrangements that exist outside of time and season, digitally created by artist Bas Meeuws. Inspired by Flemish still lifes from the 17th century, they symbolize six diptyque floral fragrances and recall the work of the perfumer, who also creates impossible virtual bouquets—a vision of nature elevated to its finest." Shown is L'Ombre dans L'Eau; also available in Do Son, Eau Rose, Eau des Sens, Olene and Eau Moheli. $140 each for 100 ml.