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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 18 November 2022 10 Comments

In case the L’Atelier Truscelli bee bottle of Guerlain Imagine was too mundane for you, here's the Abeille Noire Édition Prestige / Black Bee Prestige Edition of Imagine, made by Baccarat and French jeweler Lorenz Bäumer. 22 were made, €25,000, due to launch next week. You can read more at The New York Times or Luxe Packaging Insight.

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

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  1. hajusuuri says:
    18 November 2022 at 12:27 pm

    I almost dropped my phone because it looks like a … fly? I am not the target audience for this.

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    • Robin says:
      18 November 2022 at 1:10 pm

      For some reason it is not as compelling to me in black…it looks better in the honey color they have used a couple times. Still, would rather have this:

      https://nstperfume.com/2018/12/05/labeille-eternelle/

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    • sistine says:
      18 November 2022 at 3:38 pm

      And I thought it was fabulous, and am much more drawn to it than their bee bottles. How funny!

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      • Robin says:
        18 November 2022 at 3:52 pm

        Oh good!! They have done this shape before and I do agree it’s fabulous, I just don’t like it in black.

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    • Gi says:
      18 November 2022 at 5:46 pm

      That is so funny, before you pointed that out I thought it was fabulous, but now I see fly too!

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      • Koyel says:
        18 November 2022 at 5:52 pm

        Flies can be fabulous! I totally see the fly now, but I still think it’s gorgeous.

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    • lillyjo says:
      18 November 2022 at 9:18 pm

      I instantly saw a fly too.

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    • eminere says:
      19 November 2022 at 9:51 pm

      Fly here too. Not a fan.

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  2. Jalapeno says:
    18 November 2022 at 5:58 pm

    I’m in the “Gorgeous at first, but now I see a fly” camp!

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  3. MossyBerry says:
    18 November 2022 at 6:31 pm

    I don’t like this abstract bee form, which Guerlain has been using. But the article at Luxe Packaging Insight gives this info about the juice: “Imagine Guerlain – an extrait de parfum composed by Guerlain Master Perfumer Thierry Wasser. It blends notes of bitter almond, orange blossom, ylang ylang and benzoin.” That sounds very nice. If the bottle was made of regular glass and plastic, had that perfume, and cost at most $250, I’d nab it.

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