Earlier this fall, Guerlain launched Santal Royal, a new limited distribution unisex woody oriental fragrance geared towards the Middle East…
Guerlain Shalimar Souffle de Parfum ~ fragrance review
At what point does a flanker stray so far from its parent that it ceases to earn the family name? Guerlain Shalimar Souffle de Parfum edges awfully close to that line. Yes, it still broadcasts its familiar vanilla, amber, and lemon, but Shalimar Souffle flouts its mother’s mystery and marches straight into “Hi folks, see you down at the mall — the fancy one with the Neiman Marcus” territory.
Shalimar Souffle de Parfum was developed by Guerlain’s house perfumer, Thierry Wasser. Its notes include bergamot, lemon, mandarin orange, jasmine sambac, “l’absolu de l’eau de fleurs d’oranger” (a material Guerlain notes it’s using for the first time), white musk (“an avalanche” of it, the French press release reads), and a combination of Indian and Tahitian vanillas.
I don’t want you to think I’m such a traditionalist that I oppose any Shalimar flanker…
Guerlain L’Homme Ideal ~ fragrance review
No harm to the models (a paying gig is a paying gig)…but the print and video ads for the new Guerlain L’Homme Idéal1 are so daft! Believe me girls, there is nothing shocking, surprising, “dirty” or revelatory inside that bottle! (Maybe they’re just happy about the bottle, which everyone in Perfumeland seems to love.)
Guerlain hasn’t released a men’s pillar scent since 2008’s Guerlain Homme; and I just realized the last Guerlain men’s pillar scent I bought (recently) was 1992’s Héritage. Though I appreciate perfumer Thierry Wasser’s reformulations of Guerlain classics (and can’t wait to smell his sought-after Terracotta Le Parfum), I’ve never bought a Wasser perfume creation (which means nothing, except he and I have different styles/tastes)…
The ideal fragrance exists
Perfumer Thierry Wasser talks about Guerlain L'Homme Ideal. You can find more Guerlain videos here.
