Guerlain Amour Céleste: "...in honour of Qixi, or Lunar Valentine’s Day, the legendary Chinese celebration dedicated to love. For this first Millésime, Guerlain has entrusted Lucie Touré, a French artist whose art combines needlepoint and paper-cutting techniques, with the creation of a romantic adornment for its emblematic Bee Bottle, dressed in yellow gold for the occasion. [...] Delphine Jelk...has created Amour Céleste, an olfactory symphony where the romanticism of flowers meets the dazzling freshness of citrus fruits. Subtle and refined, the fragrance opens with a luminous prelude of bergamot and orange. It then reveals a floral heart where osmanthus, with its fruity and leathery facets, combines with the intensity of Sambac jasmine and the honeyed nuances of rose. The journey concludes with notes of ambergris and smoked tea to create a mysterious, lingering trail." 1730 numbered bottles, 125 ml Bee Bottle plus 30 ml Travel Spray, $880 at Guerlain USA.
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Very old news that I totally missed last year, but I just noticed a selection of Acqua di Parma’s Murano collection for Holiday 2024 (from designer India Mahdavi) at Ludwig Beck in Germany this week, so if you look around maybe you can still find one, assuming you’re willing to spend the €1500. 180 ml each, and I’m not even sure what fragrance they hold, if any. I just like looking at them…
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Louis Vuitton celebrates the one year anniversary of LVovers with a limited edition (30 were made) copper bottle, 100 ml for £5000 (shown above left). If you haven't saved that many pennies, you can go for the Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami limited edition design for Spell On You (shown above right in one of the two designs currently available), $390 (if you want the matching leather travel case, not shown, it's another $990). Or, third option and the one I will take, do nothing and go on about your business.
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Cheerful (limited edition) packaging for L’Eau des Hesperides, part of Diptyque's Summer Essentials collection for 2025. €145 for 100 ml at Breuninger in Germany.
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Yeah, I guess those would look ok on my dresser? From Dior, Les Récoltes Majeures. La Rose is coming in June, Le Jasmin in September, but if you hurry you can get one of the 200 bottles recently released for Le Muguet (above left), with the flowers done up by the French Atelier Vermont. And be warned, if I understand correctly, they mean to release these every year in new designs. "At Dior, the lily-of-the-valley is more than just a flower. It is a passion, an icon, a lucky charm that Christian Dior would stitch into the seams of his garments. Francis Kurkdjian wanted to pay tribute to the legendary Diorissimo lily-of-the-valley accord, a masterwork of perfumery from 1956, while also adding his own signature touch." In 125 ml, €1200.