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Posted by Robin on 15 February 2022 5 Comments

Guerlain's Cherry Blossom Millésime 2022, decorated by Parisian embroidery studio Kyoko Création. (If you want to drool over past editions, here are 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018). "...For the creation of the adornment, Kyoko Sugiura worked with a community of 18 Japanese women from very diverse backgrounds – office workers, teachers, designers… Professional or amateur embroiderers she trained herself, and invited to participate in this unique project, turning it into a human as well as artistic adventure. It also expresses Guerlain’s commitment to the empowerment of women, by celebrating an art elaborated, perpetuated, and practiced by them throughout the centuries. [...] This edition evokes cherry blossoms at night, in the moonlight, in a precious chiaroscuro of white, black, and gold. A new variation on this poetic theme." $650 for for 145 ml.

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Tagged With: collector bottles, guerlain, lemming, limited edition

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  1. Dawn says:
    15 February 2022 at 1:15 pm

    $650 for almost 5 ounces of perfume? Too rich for my blood.

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    • Robin says:
      15 February 2022 at 2:25 pm

      No, I’d say $610 for the fancy bottle and brand name and limited edition status, $40 for the perfume.

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  2. Oakland Fresca says:
    15 February 2022 at 2:53 pm

    Pretty bottle. Cherry blossom as a perfume note confuses me. I never quite know what to expect. The cherry blossoms that bloom near me have no scent (or none that I have detected) and yet cherry blossom in perfumery is often interpreted a sweet, aromatic, and even at times a little fruity. I guess it is such a pretty flower, or at least the flowering trees are quite beautiful, that it is really a fantasy note, open to wide interpretation.

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    • Robin says:
      15 February 2022 at 9:00 pm

      Japanese cherry blossom trees do have a scent — often almondy — but many of the cherry blossoms in my neighborhood have little if any scent.

      In perfume they seem to go for the cherry fruit more than anything.

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      • gunmetal24 says:
        16 February 2022 at 11:28 pm

        Thanks for mentioning this. I have noticed it varies from time to time. I thought I was going crazy.

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