I’m sure this is what my family has planned for Mother’s Day: Le Flacon aux Abeilles par Begüm Khan from Guerlain. 13 were made, featuring 24-carat gold-plating hand set with 6,500 stones, and holding a Thierry Wasser juice (Songe De La Reine) with mandarin, pink pepper, fig, iris, vetiver, cedar and sandalwood (whatevs). A bargain, no doubt, at €10,000. Below the jump, a close up…
Limited edition collector compacts for Diptyque's solid perfume range. They take the regular solid refills, and they're available in Eau Rose, Do Son, Eau Capitale, Philosykos, 34 Boulevard Saint Germain, L'Ombre dans L'Eau. At Selfridges in the UK, £46 - £48 each (the same price as the plain solids).
Molinard's Habanita has its 100th birthday this year, and they're celebrating with this spiffy red bottle: "A perfume formula originating in 1921 and still in production and demand. It has of course been adapted to modern tastes and industry rules. It still features the materials and design that made it famous: a drop of French rose, a pinch of geranium, mixed with oakmoss and wrapped in smooth sandalwood. It’s an elegant sugar free rose perfume with musky, bitter woody background." On mark down now at Bloom in the UK, £73.10 for 75 ml Eau de Parfum.
If you are needing some Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb, and you don't want to cough up $2500 for the Haute Couture edition, here are two more options. At left, Flowerbomb Mariage "contains the classic Flowerbomb fragrance, dressed for a wedding in a white, couture plumetis veil" ($115 for 50 ml). At right, Pearly Coral Pink Flowerbomb is "a glamorous homage to the transformational power of beauty, positivity and the creative spirit" ($120 for 50 ml).
Terre d'Hermès, in the latest limited edition collector bottle. Artist Jin Kwon has used vertical lines to represent the sun's rays. Shown in 75 ml Parfum, also available in 100 ml Eau de Toilette.