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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 16 January 2026 3 Comments

New from Guerlain's L'Art et La Matiere collection, L'Art de Vivre candles in six colors. You pick the color and add a 220g refill in one of six Guerlinade-inspired fragrances: Bergamote Fantastico, Iris Pallida, Jasmin Grandiflorum, Rose Centifolia, Tonka Sarrapia or Vanille Planifolia, €139. (You'll also find the same six fragrances in bar soaps, €45 for 150g.)

Guerlain Tabac Sahara ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 6 January 2026 4 Comments

Guerlain has launched Tabac Sahara, a new addition to the Absolus Allegoria collection…

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Guerlain L’Homme Ideal Cologne Forte ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 18 December 2025 Leave a Comment

Guerlain will launch L’Homme Idéal Cologne Forte, a new limited edition variation on 2015’s L’Homme Idéal Cologne, which was a variation on 2014’s L’Homme Idéal…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 18 December 2025 9 Comments

Coming from Guerlain, the limited edition Rouge Bonheur (last year's description: "A perfect balance of spicy freshness, blossom, and woody depth, it embodies the very essence of the Chinese New Year spirit. Opening with enchanting spicy notes of pepper and ginger, the fragrance then unveils a floral heart of rose and magnolia, before revealing comforting notes of cedar and white musk"), with decorations by Parisian jeweller Atelier Truscelli for the Year of the Horse (they also did the Lunar New Year bottles for 2025 and 2024). 1786 were made, 24-carat gold plate with 79 Swarovski crystals. It is in 125 ml, and these usually come with a pre-filled 30 ml travel spray.

A great bottle can outlive the scent inside

Posted by Robin on 9 December 2025 Leave a Comment

Fragrance houses know that a great bottle can outlive the scent inside, but few understand this better than Guerlain. “Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain, the founder, understood from the very beginning that the bottle is just as important as the fragrance itself,” says Prazan. In 1853, the French beauty house created Eau de Cologne Impériale for Empress Eugénie de Montijo’s wedding to Napoleon III. Its flacon, adorned with 69 gilded bees (an emblem of the Empire), became known as the Bee Bottle. “For over 170 years, it has been crafted in the same way and by the same factory,” says Prazan. “It remains the oldest perfume bottle in the world still in production today.”

— Read more in These Artistic Perfume Bottles Give Scent a New Shape at Fashion.

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