A better image of the Guerlain Mitsouko bottle from the Arita Porcelain Lab in Japan (we originally announced it here). Via Monsieur Guerlain at Facebook (if you're a Guerlainophile and you're not following him, you should be!); Monsieur says it will launch May 1 in Tokyo, but won't reach Paris until the Fall. Around €380, and comes empty along with a refill bottle of the Eau de Toilette.
Slurp, slurp, OMG, now I want it even more.
And I want it even more now that I know it comes empty! I could just swap away the refill bottle of EdT, which I don’t want 🙂
Simply gorgeous. A dream to have on the shelf <3
Yep.
Just wondering how much that gorgeous bottle would cost if it were filled with extrait de parfum.
A gajillion dollars 😉
Especially because Monsieur also tells us that “The EdP and Parfum versions of Mitsouko are currently suspended due to a problem with one of the ingredients.”
I normally don’t care much for bottles but this is gorgeous. I’ve only ever tried Mitsouko in extrait, but wouldn’t want like 50 mls. of it either. That bottle though…
Shame about the ingredients. I think I read somewhere that the Wasser reformulation of Mitsouko is closer to the original than the Fléchier one.
Wow.
In a world of ridiculously and for the most part aspirationally priced perfume, this isn’t all that bad of a deal, is it?
Still out of my league, but somehow not as annoying.
Exactly. The price is reasonable given the quality of the flacon and the limited-time nature. Just can’t afford it.
That’s exactly what I was thinking, too. I mean, this IS Mitsouko, the Empress, and there are so many overpriced niche perfumes in boring or tacky bottles these days. Also, the LE Guerlains in elaborate Baccarat bottles are priced in the thousands.
Absolutely gorgeous, no doubt about that! Love it. Not familiar with what the juice, but who cares…I just want the bottle to show off. ????
Really beautiful bottle, but egads! The cost!
[Heaves a big sigh to keep from weeping in envy-filled despair]
Glad to see Monsieur Guerlain is back!!!
Scrolling further down his Facebook feed, I am captivated by that photo of Thierry Wasser tending a shrub in his Sri Lankan sandalwood plantation and busting out of his dandy image with a plaid shirt – UNTUCKED!!! – as well as khakis and trainers. 😉
Oh, it’s lovely.
Usually Guerlain special editions are misguided and tacky and just annoy me, but this is something beautiful that I can enjoy as if it’s in a museum.
That is a gorgeous bottle, though I think I’d just display it and never fill it.
Also, for some reason, twice now when I looked at the title of this post, for a second my brain read it as “Friendly Bottle Porn”.
I’m kinda sad I didn’t notice this earlier; but also glad because if I read it I wouldn’t be able to stay focused on anything else but flying to Japan and getting a bottle. The new one of the Fall Flowers looks even more promising…