The latest potential drain on your wallet from Guerlain (and another collaboration with Maison Matisse): Couleur Bonheur, a modern fruity chypre celebrating the 170th anniversary of the bee bottle and La Musique, a 1939 painting by Henri Matisse. "The first movement, an allegro vivace, features the yellow of bergamot with crystalline tones. The second movement, an allegro espressivo, offers the velvety orange of an apricot accord blended with the brightness of rose. The third movement, an allegro andante, showcases the deep purple of iris contrasted with the white of a leather accord." In 1L Extrait de Parfum, 14 hand painted bottles were made, if you have to ask the price you can't afford it.
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If you did not snatch up the Abeille Noire Édition Prestige / Black Bee Prestige Edition of Guerlain Imagine, here’s another chance to get a piece of French jeweler Lorenz Bäumer’s work for Guerlain: La Secret de la Reine. The wings open if you press on the 2 carat pear-shaped diamond just below the “head”, and then you can use a pipette to scent the honeycomb section. It is almost 3 inches long, and it can be worn as a brooch or pendant. Shown above in the rock crystal, white and yellow gold version, and below the jump in the onyx and white gold version. Both versions feature over 14 carats of diamonds…
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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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Tomorrow we’ll get back to the Bloomies 150th extravaganza, but for today, here’s a spendy edition of Chanel Sycomore…
As part of a series of collaborations, the LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL fragrance collection highlights their legendary expertise in the form of exceptional coffrets…
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A lemming for fans of Guerlain L'Heure Bleue: a limited edition collector bottle for the perfume's 110th birthday, created in collaboration with the Yves Klein Archives. The 1.5 liter glass bottle of Parfum is entirely coated in International Klein Blue paint, applied by hand. 30 bottles were made, €15,000. You can read more at Vogue or Marie Claire (both in French).