Guerlain has launched Embruns d’Ylang, the latest addition to their L’Art et la Matière collection…
The daily lemming
Mitsouko is 100, but Jicky is 130. For Jicky's birthday, Guerlain asked Senegalese artist Baye Gallo to decorate 16 bottles (there's a longer backstory on the Guerlain site if you care to read it). "Painted entirely by hand, the bottle takes on vibrant colours and unique textures, faithful to the tradition of free and profuse African art. The use of coffee grounds – the artist’s favourite material – offers the crystal bottle a singular relief, a raw dimension that contrasts with the symbolism of its motifs. This creation is a declaration of humanity..." The 1 liter (yep) bottle is reportedly €7500.
Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Plissee ~ new fragrance
Guerlain has introduced La Petite Robe Noire Plissée (“Ma Robe Plissée” / “My pleated dress”), a new fragrance for women. La Petite Robe Noire Plissée is a flanker to the 2012 version of La Petite Robe Noire, and follows La Petite Robe Noire Velours, which debuted earlier this year…
The (almost) daily lemming
Oh my goodness. Mitsouko is 100 this year, and just look what Guerlain is doing to celebrate: a bottle decorated by the Hakuichi gilding workshop and calligraphy artist Suitou Nakatsuka. 3099 were made — surely one of them will turn up at TJ Maxx, right?? 75 ml, €650.
I’m not tortured as a French poet
When you create a family of fragrances (unlike when you have children) you can predict their character because you are inventing them. You want them to form a harmonious, happy family. Because I think fragrance should be uplifting and eventually boost your self-esteem. It should give you confidence and make you happy. This is my way of looking at designing fragrances. I’m not tortured as a French poet, or like Tchaikovsky who needed to be miserable to write music. So that’s why I want to have this happy family.
— Perfumer Thierry Wasser talks to AEWorld. Read more at Guerlain Master Perfumer Thierry Wasser Chats Fragrance in The Middle East and Creating His Masterpiece.