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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Extrait Nice, Dear c1883

Extrait Nice, Dear: launched in 1883 or 1893. This perfume was created to commemorate Great Britain and was named in honour of the goddess Nike (Nice).

In Greek mythology, Nike, was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory. The Roman equivalent was Victoria.

Bouquet de la Contesse d'Edla c1873

Bouquet de la Contesse d'Edla by Guerlain: launched in 1873. Created by Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain. Composed especially for Elise Hensler, countess d’Edla, Queen of Portugal, based on the old castle of Cintra (Sintra), a favorite residence of the Portuguese Royal family, also known as the Castle of the Moors (Castelo dos Mouros).

Bouquet de Marie Christine by Guerlain c1885

Bouquet de Marie Christine: created around 1885. Composed for the Maria Cristina, of Austria, then crowned the Queen of Spain alongside her husband Alfonso, successor to Napoleon III. Guerlain had often created perfumes for various heads of state and crowned heads of Europe, and to continue this tradition for Maria Cristina was just the right thing for the perfumer to do.




Primavera de España by Guerlain c1886

Primavera de España: created in 1886.



Jicky c1889

Jicky by Guerlain: originally created in 1889. It is a classical fragrance and, despite the age, it is timeless and still very modern.

According to the legend, the perfume was named after a girl Aimé Guerlain was in love with when he was a student in England, and then it was said that the perfume was named after his uncle Jacques Guerlain’s nickname – Jicky.

It is more likely, though, that Aimé, a gay man, was hiding his love for someone else named Jacques and someone at Guerlain created the story of a long lost female love to hide his sexuality and to protect the reputation of Guerlain during the late 1800s, which is not unreasonable given the time period.

In 1911, Gabriel Guerlain said "the name Jicky (diminutive of Jack) was the familiar name of one of my many sons when he was a child. As we found it original we gave it to one of our scents."





With Love c2003

With Love by Guerlain: launched in 2003. Created by Sylvaine Delacourte and Christine Nagel.





Vol de Nuit Evasion c2007

Vol de Nuit Evasion: created by Mathilde Laurent.in 2007 in cooperation with Alea, the chain of airport duty free shops, and it can only be purchased at the Alea stores in France and Great Britain, as well as the Guerlain boutiques.


“Vol de Nuit EVASION, a nomadic homage to a classic scent from Guerlain.
A special creation reserved for travel retail, Vol de Nuit Evasion tells ‘the tale of a nocturnal evasion, a few hours of an internal adventure, an airy, olfactory bridge between fiction and reality’. A sweet scent of amber and woods that, like the logo on the midnight-blue packaging, diffuses a soft, warm light in the darkness. Find it at selected airport perfume counters and Guerlain boutiques. A fragrance with a sweet opening of rose and peach, evolving towards waves of jasmine and iris. The oriental trail is warmed with woods, amber and vanilla.”
 

Voila Pourquoi J'Aimais Rosine by Guerlain c1900

Voila Pourquoi J'Aimais Rosine: (That is why I loved Rosine), first created in 1863. It was then released in 1900 in a new presentation created for the Universal Exhibition. The perfume was named after the illustrious actress Sarah Bernhardt whose birth name was Henriette-Rosine Bernard, a great friend of the Guerlain family and a true muse of Jacques Guerlain.



Arome Synthetique Peau D'Espagne by Guerlain c1883

Arome Synthetique Peau D'Espagne: created in1883.


Une Rose by Guerlain c1908

Une Rose: created in 1908 by Jacques Guerlain.