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McQueen Parfum by Alexander McQueen ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2016 20 Comments

McQueen Parfum by Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen will launch McQueen Parfum, a new fragrance for women, next month. It is the brand's first release since 2007's MyQueen Light Mist. McQueen passed away in 2010.

McQueen has created a unique scent, one that gives strength to your imagination. It is made from the precious essence of three night-blooming flowers, a parfum that unfolds the mysterious power in you. Uniquely McQueen.

The notes include jasmine, tuberose and ylang ylang; the gold-feathered bottle is described as "a poem in glass".

I will update with sizes and concentration when I can. (And if you missed the video, it is here.)

(via fragrances.alexandermcqueen, Alexander McQueen at Twitter)

Update: The McQueen Parfum will debut at Harrods in March, €350 for 50 ml Extrait de Parfum. It will be in limited distribution overall (50 doors in 2016). A lower priced Eau de Parfum in different packaging is expected to launch this summer. In addition to the jasmine, tuberose and ylang-ylang, there are also notes of clove, pink pepper, black pepper and vetiver. (via wwd)

McQueen Parfum

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  1. girardEAU says:
    18 February 2016 at 9:11 am

    Oh, that bottle…

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    • Robin says:
      18 February 2016 at 9:12 am

      If it looks like that in person, I want one.

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      • MikasMinion says:
        18 February 2016 at 9:20 am

        Me too. I hope this fragrance lives up to the old McQueens, but I’m going to do my best to prepare myself for disappointment. OTOH, If it’s decent stuff that bottle may tip me over the edge.

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        • Robin says:
          18 February 2016 at 9:26 am

          I hope so too. Their license has moved since the old ones, and obviously, McQueen himself is no longer involved, so we’ll see.

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      • Holly says:
        18 February 2016 at 12:49 pm

        Ditto

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    • zara says:
      18 February 2016 at 2:06 pm

      exactly my words… :)

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    • AnnE says:
      18 February 2016 at 4:58 pm

      Mm mm, it looks gorgeous!

      (I still regret not buying the Shalimar Black Mystery bottle when I had the chance. So beautiful. If anyone has one, I’m all ears! standing Dot armsakimbo At
      the GEE mail. )

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  2. kiki says:
    18 February 2016 at 9:20 am

    Wow, that is one gorgeous bottle! Hope the scent is as good…I really loved Kingdom and of course I could kick myself for not appreciating how great it was and buying a bottle. I used to frequent Sephora in Soho (the original US location not long after it first opened! I remember how thrilled we all were that it had finally opened stateside, wow that seems so long ago ha ha) and spritz some on during my lunch hour, but somehow I never gave in and bought it. And now, of course, if you can find it at all it goes for a fortune. Anyway – looking forward to this and keeping fingers crossed that it will be true to the edgy, irreverent McQueen style and not dumbed-down.

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    • Robin says:
      18 February 2016 at 9:27 am

      Yeah. Long time since anyone released anything mainstream that was as edgy as Kingdom.

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  3. littlecooling says:
    18 February 2016 at 9:50 am

    Oh, let this be as gorgeous as Kingdom :) Lovely bottle..hopefully just as lovely in person :)

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  4. tiffanie says:
    18 February 2016 at 11:59 am

    Realistic jasmine in perfume is my great white whale. Still haven’t found what I’m looking for. Could this be the one?

    I’ll stop, I’ve run out of clichés.

    In any case, I love ylang-ylang. And that bottle screams “fetish object” in the best possible way.

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  5. des esseintes says:
    18 February 2016 at 12:49 pm

    Only flowers? I’d had expected something a little more subersive. Still, it seems heads along he first insipid MyQueen.

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    • des esseintes says:
      18 February 2016 at 2:31 pm

      syntax error due to two gin & ginger. Oh, dear…

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  6. cazaubon says:
    18 February 2016 at 1:16 pm

    Sounds good to me and the bottle is lovely. Looking forward to sniffing.

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  7. LaDomna says:
    18 February 2016 at 2:18 pm

    What an amazing bottle!! I actually want the perfume to smell gorgeous so that I can justify having that bottle in my collection! O_o

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  8. Laura says:
    18 February 2016 at 3:35 pm

    Wow! Echoing the love for that exquisite bottle :)

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  9. SarahB says:
    19 February 2016 at 10:22 am

    I’ve seen the bottle and can honestly say its beautiful. The fragrance is stunning – unfortunately the pricing is ‘not quite right’ in my opinion. There is a Parfum (shown in photo) which is being launched before the EDP (White bottle, no feathering) and the pricing between them is quite vast.

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  10. Supersmell says:
    1 March 2016 at 11:57 am

    Yo mama, which one is it then on offer at Harrod’s now?

    The picture shows the black bottle, the caption says EdP, the price is GBP 285, which is a bit stiff, I think.

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    • Supersmell says:
      1 March 2016 at 12:04 pm

      Well, here I go replying to myself: this seems to be the perfume concentration, 50 mls of it, at GBP 285 or EUR 350 (see McQueen homepage).

      This is actually very tempting…

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      • Robin says:
        1 March 2016 at 12:17 pm

        Yes, the one at Harrods is parfum. The EdP will not be in this bottle, apparently.

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