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Guerlain Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 15 February 2012 23 Comments

Guerlain Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas

Guerlain has launched Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas, the second in the series that began with last year's Idylle Duet, which focused on rose and patchouli. Both fragrances are flankers to the original Guerlain Idylle, which launched in 2009.

Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas was developed by Guerlain house perfumer Thierry Wasser; in addition to the flowers in the name, the notes for the chypre floral perfume include rose and woody musk.

Guerlain Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas is available in 50 ml Eau de Parfum, and can be found now at Marionnaud in France.

(via marionnaud)

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: flanker, guerlain, thierry wasser

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  1. ladymurasaki says:
    15 February 2012 at 2:45 pm

    I am definitely going to try this one. Anything with jasmine for me!

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    • Robin says:
      15 February 2012 at 4:45 pm

      It sounds nice.

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  2. maggiecat says:
    15 February 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Hope this will make it to the U.S. soon – it does sound pretty!

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    • Robin says:
      15 February 2012 at 4:46 pm

      I doubt I’ll ever see it, but it’s tempting.

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  3. RavynG says:
    15 February 2012 at 3:16 pm

    gorgeous bottle! I would like to try all of them. I like Guerlain.

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    • Robin says:
      15 February 2012 at 4:47 pm

      I like Guerlain too, but admit I’m not going to die if I never see this. Just as well since I probably won’t :-)

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  4. Tama says:
    15 February 2012 at 4:08 pm

    Shockingly, I have never even managed to try Idylle. It isn’t in the Guerlain boutique, so I just forget about it. I’ll have to put these a bit more on my radar, me being a big Guerlie-girl and all.

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    • Robin says:
      15 February 2012 at 4:46 pm

      It’s pretty, but not a huge deal IMHO.

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    • Julia says:
      15 February 2012 at 9:39 pm

      Guerlie-Girl – I love it! I’m also a Guerlie-Girl and I’ve never really tried Idylle either. I know I have some samples around here but it’s just never been on my radar, either.

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  5. Bonbori says:
    15 February 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Where is this going to be sold in the US? I haven’t seen last one’s rose one anywhere.

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    • Robin says:
      15 February 2012 at 4:46 pm

      Don’t know…maybe try Bergdorf Goodman, or one of the Guerlain boutiques.

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  6. flittersniffer says:
    15 February 2012 at 5:32 pm

    All these Guerlain flankers are starting to Idylle my brain. I don’t think I have caught up with Duet yet!

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    • nozknoz says:
      15 February 2012 at 10:18 pm

      Loving “starting to Idylle my brain”!

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  7. Absolute Scentualist says:
    15 February 2012 at 7:29 pm

    This one looks lovely as well. I don’t think Duet even made it to the States, regretably. I like the original. It reminds me a bit of NR for Her in the EDP concentration, and all the flankers look intriguing, too. Not what I’d think of as traditionally Guerlain, but well made and pretty.

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  8. hongkongmom says:
    15 February 2012 at 9:33 pm

    Well I had a quick sniff…smells like idylle but the jasmin is there…I liked it…will go back to try it on the skin next week! Duet to me had some lovely patchouli moments….but faded into meeeh and bland quite quickly for me. This may be the case with the new one! I was wearing teint de neige body oil that day and also got the oppertunity to spray the new MYRRH….I was blown away for the first hour…thereafter all I got was powder… and that powdery….reminded me of a certain time when I wear chanel 22. All that being said…the amazing teint de neige body oil could have had something to do with it. I will definitely definitely retry it.

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  9. nozknoz says:
    15 February 2012 at 10:36 pm

    I got some discounted Idylle Eau Sublime from ebay after reading Octavian’s review. I’ve never smelled the original Idylle, but this is a very lovely soft rose with a dewey sheen of hedione. It’s very pretty and easy to wear. Not what I think of as “me,” but this unseasonably warm winter is making me do strange things! ;-)

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  10. mals86 says:
    15 February 2012 at 10:58 pm

    I rather like Idylle eau de toilette, though it is borderline too much patchouli for me…

    What I first thought when I saw this was, “What, a sixth-generation flanker? Idylle doesn’t have enough stature for that.”

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    • Absolute Scentualist says:
      16 February 2012 at 8:09 am

      Mals, you just said the magic word. ;) I think a little more patch would make Idylle even better and am putting the edt on my ‘must try’ list. :) I didn’t know it was doing well enough to have so many flankers, either, but apparently it is. Yay since I like it so much.

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  11. Nile Goddess says:
    16 February 2012 at 8:03 am

    Beautiful flacon, but I do not “get” this fragrance at all, may be anosmic to some of the notes as it usually happens when coming across a floral.

    Still, experience proved that no flanker is to be dismissed. When Givenchy launched Ange ou Demon: Le Secret, I could not get the logic behind their decision, as it was so different from the original Ange ou Demon. Nor did I get the fragrance, although it projected beautifully on a friend of mine. Ange ou Etrange was equally baffling. But lo and behold, Ange ou Demon Le Secret Elixir (can these names get any longer?) is just about perfect. I get so many compliments i just call him “Givenchy” as I can’t be bothered to say its name 20 times a day.

    Give flankers a chance everyone, you may yet be surprised!

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    • Marjorie Rose says:
      16 February 2012 at 11:47 am

      Your comment about the names makes me smile! I have a bottle of Ange ou Demon Le Secret, and I really wish I had a nick-name for it! It drives me a little crazy every time I have to tell someone what I’m wearing!

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    • ajuarez says:
      16 February 2012 at 12:36 pm

      I agree with you “give the flankers a chance” you never know, I just bought Hermes Voyage and love it, I feel the need to check out the new flanker…and I get way too many compliments when I wear Demon Le Sectret, the second flanker I think..(a Christmas gift) I also need to try this one though I haven’t tried the original Idylle.

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  12. NinaraPoll says:
    17 February 2012 at 12:10 am

    The bottle… why does that particular style of bottle always remind me of a diagram (in this case, upside-down) of either the bladder+urethra or most of the female reproductive system. I think I need mental help?

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    • Marjorie Rose says:
      17 February 2012 at 8:16 pm

      Yes, it is that step right before “sloughing” the uterine lining in menstruation! (Ugh! Gross, but funny!)

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