Guerlain has launched Lui, a new unisex fragrance. Lui plays on the name (and bottle design) of 1929's Liu.
Female. Male. Why choose ? He is a perfume that loves to stir up trouble. Neither totally feminine nor truly masculine, it is both at once. Guerlain is inspired by a generation that is free from the norms of the genre, and has the idea of a decidedly universal perfume.*
Lui was developed by perfumers Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk, and centers on benzoin and carnation. Additional notes for the spicy woody floral include resins and leather.
Guerlain Lui is available in 50 ml Eau de Parfum, €160.
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* A possibly horrid Google translation of the original French.
I’m not too interested in the new Chanel fragrance, but this one…yes! Note wise, it sounds promising.
No idea how widely this will be distributed — right now, it appears to be only on the French Guerlain site. So might be easier to be interested in Gabrielle
Benzoin? Carnation? I’m in.
I just want that bottle.
Maybe we can do a Black Tie Friday – wear a perfume that comes in an opaque black or opaque white bottle or a perfume you will wear to a black-tie event.
I have a perfect candidate for that!
Yeah, Robin, you’re killling me with that bottle porn! I was even tempted to get the powder version they released a few years ago. ????
Oh — that was pretty, I’d forgotten!
Sounds exciting, though that price….
Guerlain has not made anything that I would pay that much for in many, many years.
Yes, none of the new output is worth the luxury pricing.
Carnation and benzoin notes reminded me of this:
Top notes are nutmeg, lemon, orange, star anise and aldehydes; middle notes are carnation, jasmine, geranium, cinnamon, heliotrope and pimento; base notes are ambergris, benzoin, cedar, vanilla, tonka bean and musk.
Any guesses?
I cheated. That would be funny. (But also, better than most modern Guerlain fragrances.)
LOL! You’re bad! I’ve read about all of the blind sniff tests that it has won over the years. I think it’s hysterical! And my daddy wore it.
L’Heure Bleue.
I didn’t Google.
Fingers crossed.
Nope, not a Guerlain.
Lolita Lempicka?
Nope.
Old Spice?
Ding Ding Ding – we’ve got a winner! Interesting, huh?
Yay, I won! Saying your daddy wore it was a big giveaway. ????
I think almost everyone’s daddy wore it at a particular point in time, lol!
Just wore vintage Old Spice the other day… still pretty great when applied with restraint — surprisingly addictive as well.
Actually, “normes du genre” means “gender norms”.
I did not translate it…I just ran it through Google
The original bottle is one of the best. That cap ruins the lines.
But how can it be unisex if the name is “Lui” it means “Him”
Because women too adore the thought of wearing Him.
And women want to attract Him!
It should have been called “Leur”.
Liu. Lui. Clever? Annoying? I can’t make up my mind.
Definitely like the idea of a Guerlain carnation. I adored my dad’s Old Spice, and still swipe a splash from his old bottle now and then.
Would love to try this! Notes sound fantastic, and bottle is very cool.