
Somebody, somewhere, must be lemming this limited edition collector bottle of Mon Guerlain, featuring a gold clover decoration that echoes the shape of the bottle cap? €82.50 at Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
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Somebody, somewhere, must be lemming this limited edition collector bottle of Mon Guerlain, featuring a gold clover decoration that echoes the shape of the bottle cap? €82.50 at Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
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Pretty! Guerlain's 2019 iteration of Muguet: "A fresh floral fragrance in a unique Collector's bottle hand wrapped in a meticulously crafted silk embellishment. Guerlain re-imagines the iconic Muguet Eau de Toilette every year in celebration of Spring. By collaborating with an artisian [sic], exceptional know-how and technology meet to create a deluxe vintage. This year, Sericyne — established at the heart of the Cévennes, the historic cradle of French silk culture — has fashioned an incredibly delicate silk adornment. An innovative, meticulously crafted masterpiece born of unique patented know-how, it is produced by some twenty silkworms, then stamped with a scattering of 69 bees and gilded with the name of the perfume." If you've got an extra $490 laying around, you can pre-order it now at Saks Fifth Avenue.
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IFF's Speed Smelling set ("With total freedom, and occasional self-imposed constraints, 14 of IFF’s perfumers– rising stars, confirmed stars, and superstars of perfumery– open the door to their olfactive intimacy, providing just a glimpse into the richness of their worlds") for 2019 is now available at Luckyscent. Fourteen 10 ml bottles, including a "mouthwatering and sensual pistachio-and-sandalwood" by Fanny Bal and a "portentous and powerful Mandragora" by Dominique Ropion, plus booklet and blotters, $150.
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From Etat Libre d'Orange, the Love Times Three set, with 7.5 ml sprays of Like This, Une Amourette and Yes I Do. Or, pick the Trio of Temptations set, with You or Someone Like You, Remarkable People and Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre. $45 at Twisted Lily.
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Another in the "I don't want it but maybe you do" category, Carolina Herrera Good Girl in the Dot Drama collector edition, in collaboration with Karlie Kloss (I'm not sure exactly what her contribution was, but her name is even on the box). In 80 ml Eau de Parfum at Douglas in Spain.