More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special edition bottles from Cartier, Frédéric Malle, Guerlain, Goutal Paris and Calvin Klein.
New limited edition bottles of Cartier La Panthère to celebrate the scent's 5th anniversary. At Nordstrom; both are listed as Eau de Parfum (which seems unlikely), in 25 and 75 ml.
The Frédéric Malle Musc Ravaguer Punk Edition: "For the So Punk exhibition at Bon Marché Rive Gauche in Paris, discover our selection of Punk pieces. With the launch of Musc Ravageur in 2000, Les Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle created with Maurice Roucel a perfume that flew in the face of convention; an opus of wild magnetism and opulent sensuality. For the exhibition Punk Attitude, Frédéric Malle has chosen to revisit the design encasing the emblematic bottle with a new anti-conformist approach. The box features a clash of olfactory and descriptive words and is influenced by the concert posters of punk icons, and the newspaper-style magazines, with their fluorescent paper and thick black ink." In 100 ml, €210.
From Guerlain, Mon Guerlain in the Gold Collector edition: "The iconic 'quadrilobé' bottle of the Eau de Parfum Mon Guerlain endorses a new exceptional ornament for this limited edition: an attractive internal gold lacquering for a very precious and timeless luxury effect." £75 for 50 ml Eau de Parfum at John Lewis in the UK.
From Goutal Paris, Eau d'Hadrien in the Paris-Florence edition inspired by the colors of Tuscany. The collection also includes the matching room spray, Un Air d’Hadrien.
A new edition of Calvin Klein CK One: "Fresh and warm, the One Eau De Toilette Collector’s Edition 2019 is a genderless new fragrance. The combination of varying colorful notes — radiant, fresh bitterness paired with vibrant woods and addictive aromatics, is unique and easy-to-wear. The iconic bottle is reimagined with a classic American quilt-inspired print."$65 for 100 ml at Lord & Taylor.
Not a bad bottle in this bunch. I especially like the Cartier and Guerlain.
It is a pretty good crop!
Musc Ravaguer is up my alley but that price is…not so punk rock?
That is SO SO true! But at least they didn’t raise the price.
There is nothing particularly punk about the fragrance itself. I’d chose Like This or CdG White for a punk concert. (Unless Teen Spirit is still actually on the market somewhere.)
Oh certainly not! But when in a vintage (I mean 70s!) deconstructed T shirt, safety pins, old worn jeans and Doc Martens, it’s unexpected and fresh.
LOL!
I don’t know what the young people are wearing to punk shows these days. I’d guess for young men, if it were any scent beside their own, they’d be dousing themselves in Axe. I’m not sure about what fragrance the young women would be wearing.
Punkster (in Portland and Seattle anyways, and in my generation) tend to smell very good- the guys smell of soap and last nights weed; the gals in a variety of scents.
The Guerlain bottle is very pretty. I’m wondering if the gold lacquer on the inside would prevent the user from seeing how much perfume was left. But it is a lovely bottle.
Luxury niche perfume brand trying to be punk rock? The bottle design is clever, and fits the theme. Other folks have already pointed out that the price is still in the luxury niche range.
My brother J. and I were too young to have experienced the original growth of punk rock, but our cool uncle was a fan of the Ramones, and so we were, too. J. and I had lived most of our lives in Pennsylvania, but we understood enough of the New York references to appreciate them.
J. also became a big fan of the Sex Pistols, and I liked some of the Clash’s songs. But J. and I were just rather alienated teenaged suburbanites. J. did a lot more of the shock-the-bourgeoisie stuff on purpose. I just quietly seethed about being a member of Generation X surrounded by Baby Boomers who were the bourgeosie and made the rules. Moving on…
The Annick Goutal bottle of Eau d’Hadrien is very pretty. I’m more focused on the fragrance when it comes to that one. I think that’s what got me into being such a fan of citrus-scented fine fragrances. But that is a very pretty presentation altogether.
I’m not really understanding what the theme is for the Cartier bottles…? Like there’s some sort of appeal I’m missing…Oh, well.
I saw a big bottle of CK One at Marshalls today for $10 or $15, so I’m not thinking that $65 is a bargain there. But the design is nice.
Well, Bon Marche is doing punk — so more like luxury department store trying to be punk rock.
And don’t forget there were luxury brands doing punk even when punk was “live”. It may be silly, but it ain’t new 🙂
Just read the Bon Marche copy: “Insolent and offbeat, punk attitude calls for shoppers to boldly assert their individuality. Customise your look with uber-creative hair styling, flamboyant make-up, an eye-catching manicure, a protest tattoo… and try out various quirky punk styled products to tie in with the event.”
Customize your look with…a protest tattoo? That seems like a pretty extreme thing to do for fashion. Unless they’re temporary tattoos, so the fashionable person can remove it when they go on to the next trend. Mon cher frere got the Minor Threat and Black Flag band logos. (We affectionately refer to the stylized Black Flag symbol as his UPC code.) He says he’s never regretted it. But those bands and Bad Religion were meaningful to him.
And punk is all about the eye-catching manicure. LOL! Nope. Streaks of color on the eyelids and cheeks — that I will give them.
Goth style is about the black lipstick and nail polish, plus the smell of patchouli and clove cigarettes. There’s an aesthetic more attuned to finding fashionable black clothes and using makeup in more serious ways with that outlook.
Rather like the gold safety pin earrings they sold in the 80’s to wealthy wanna-be punks. .The real punks wore actual safety pins in the 70’s.
On the other hand, once the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicates its biggest and most exclusive gala to Punk, any subversive or proletariat elements of the movement have dissipated.
Taking what’s threatening to authority and eventually creating a “safe” or tame version has a long history in the U.S.
I’ve only met people who were wearing actual safety pins in their ears or faces or wherever, not anyone who was wearing gold safety pin earrings. Guess I associated more with the proletariat in that case. 😉
Call me old fashioned, or indeed just old (!), but the newish Goutal bottles, whatever they do to them, will never be iconic to me – the old ones were gorgeous – I still remember the thrill of seeing all those identical bottles in a semi circle on counters at Liberty, Harvey Nicks, Selfridges & Harrods, not to mention the original stockist here in the UK, Les Senteurs, when I first discovered AG – & on many, many subsequent visits.
All this notwithstanding, I was watching last Fri evening’s episode of the Fosse Verdon drama series earlier today (I think Michelle Williams is outstanding in it!) & at one point spotted an AG bottle on Gwen Verdon’s theatre dressing room table!
The Goutal bottle pictured here is particularly… uninspired.