Shalimar Parfum Initial 'A Fleur de Peau' is the name given to a limited edition collector's bottle from 2012. Manufactured by Baccarat, the crystal bottle was adorned with a Gripoix necklace of flesh colored smalt set into gold filigree. The hand numbered bottle holds 2 ounces of luscious Shalimar Parfum Initial parfum extrait.
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Showing posts with label limited edition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label limited edition. Show all posts
Sunday, August 24, 2014
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
La Petite Robe Noire 2014 Silver Lace Limited Edition Baccarat Flacon
La Petite Robe Noire by Guerlain: 2014 Silver Lace Limited Edition Baccarat Flacon.
100ml Extrait retailing for $10,100 at the Guerlain boutique. Housed in a vintage Baccarat flacon adorned with lacy silver filigree by Sara Bran.
From Guerlain's website:
Only 21 numbered pieces are available worldwide.
100ml Extrait retailing for $10,100 at the Guerlain boutique. Housed in a vintage Baccarat flacon adorned with lacy silver filigree by Sara Bran.
From Guerlain's website:
"When searching in the archives of the House of Guerlain , fifty vintage "inverted heart" bottles - hand-made by Baccarat workshops according to the original plan of 1912 - were found . Guerlain has chosen to entrust the last twenty to a craftsman possessing a unique and rare skill: Sara Bran, gold and silver on lace.
Combining precision , creativity and refinement, her work is inspired by lace textile heritage. For this exceptional limited edition of La Petite Robe Noire, Sara Bran revives the ancient tradition of the ornamental perfume bottle holder. From massive plates of extremely fine silver, pierced, soldered and polished by hand for many hours. Delicate lace volutes arabesques and interlacing twirling comes conformability vial as would fabric a LBD."
Only 21 numbered pieces are available worldwide.
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Muguet by Guerlain 2014 Limited Edition Flacon
Muguet by Guerlain: launched in the 2014 Limited Edition Collector's Flacon. This year's limited edition of the Muguet fragrance is housed in the white bee flacon and rests inside of an elegant bisque holder molded with lilies of the valley motifs. The bottle is adorned with an ivory label and matching ribbon tied around the neck.
Retails for €400.00 for 125ml Eau de Toilette.
From Guerlain's website:
"More than a tradition, it is a real appointment Guerlain proposes each year to celebrate the merry month of May: a new limited and numbered edition of Muguet.
For this 2014 vintage Guerlain Paris, invites ceramic designer Brigitte Bazelaire, to express her talent, creativity and expertise around the iconic Bees bottle. Artist, poetic and refined creations, she revisits the delicate strands of Muguet in a lovely bisque bottle holder, drawing the contours and playing with a pure and pristine white reliefs. To achieve these pieces of incredible finesse, it is associated with the Porcelain Factory. In their workshops, porcelain of the highest quality is shaped and baked using traditional techniques passed down from generation to generation. The bisque bottle holder appears as the ceramist had imagined, fruit of the mysterious alchemy of earth, water and fire.
Muguet is part of the Exclusive Collections, fragrances for enthusiasts of rare perfumes, sensitive to noble materials and refined details. It is a piece of Exception and available in France exclusively at Guerlain Boutiques Paris."
Royal Extract by Guerlain c2014
Royal Extract by Guerlain: launched in 2014 as a limited edition for the famous Harrod's department store in England. The name is a direct tribute to the 1828 perfume, Royal Extract of Flowers, created by Guerlain's founder Pierre-Francois-Pascal, the same year that he established the illustrious company.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Flacon Louis XVI c1902-2002
Flacon Louis XVI c1902-2002
Flacon created by Pochet et du Courval to hold extraits of Apres L'Ondee, Muguet, Mouchoir de Monsieur, Violette a deux Sous, Aux Bon Vieux Temps, Sillage, Avril en Fleurs, Ai Loe and others. Flacon has also been used for special limited editions such as Chamade. The original box is white, cylindrically shaped and has Guerlain Paris in gold leaf.
Flacon created by Pochet et du Courval to hold extraits of Apres L'Ondee, Muguet, Mouchoir de Monsieur, Violette a deux Sous, Aux Bon Vieux Temps, Sillage, Avril en Fleurs, Ai Loe and others. Flacon has also been used for special limited editions such as Chamade. The original box is white, cylindrically shaped and has Guerlain Paris in gold leaf.
- 30cc/30ml/1 oz - 9cm/3.54" (1924) amended 30ml/1 oz (1983-2002)
- 40cc/40ml/1.35 oz - 9cm/3.54" (1950-1959)
- 75cc/75ml/2.5 oz - 11.3cm/4.45" (1971)
- 80cc/80ml/2.7 oz - 11.3cm/4.45" (1902-1962)
- 125cc/125ml/4.2 oz - 12.8cm/5.04" (1903-1965)
- 250cc/250ml/8.4 oz - 16.4cm/6.46" (1904-1959)
- 500cc/500ml/16.9 oz - 21.5cm/8.46" (1907-1959)
- 1 liter/1000ml- 25.5cm/10.04" (1920-1959)
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Insolence Crazy Touch c2014 Limited Edition Flacon
Insolence Crazy Touch by Guerlain: launched in 2014. This is a limited edition collector's bottle. The juice is the same formula as the usual Insolence eau de toilette.
It is available as:
"This year, the Insolence bottle flaunts an extravagant look. A whirlwind of bold and exuberant pink spots. For a delicious and daring limited edition."
It is available as:
- 50ml eau de toilette
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Ebay Find! L'Heure Blue with Silver Fountain Label c1926
Ebay Find! L'Heure Blue with Silver Fountain Label c1926
Super rare find!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Superb-Baccarat-French-Art-Deco-Commerical-Perfume-Bottle-GUERLAIN-LHeure-Bleue-/380748402450?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58a65f8f12
The Silver Fountain labels represent the fountains at the 1925 Art Deco Expo in Paris, they were used in 1928 to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Guerlain. The perfumes were boxed in a blue and silver box and the perfumes were presented in a clear glass bottle called the "petit beurre" or little butter pat..
Super rare find!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Superb-Baccarat-French-Art-Deco-Commerical-Perfume-Bottle-GUERLAIN-LHeure-Bleue-/380748402450?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58a65f8f12
The Silver Fountain labels represent the fountains at the 1925 Art Deco Expo in Paris, they were used in 1928 to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Guerlain. The perfumes were boxed in a blue and silver box and the perfumes were presented in a clear glass bottle called the "petit beurre" or little butter pat..
Flacon Petit Beurre (Little Butter Pat) c1916 - ?
Baccarat:
Baccarat:
- 40cc/40ml/1.35 oz - 7.7cm/3.03" (limited edition of only 500 in 1916)
- 80cc/80ml/2.7 oz - (limited edition of only 500 in 1916)
Pochet et du Courval:
- 20ml/0.676 oz - 5.5cm/2.17" (1929)
These were used for the following perfumes:
- L'Heure Bleue
- Mitsouko
- Rue de la Paix
- Candide Effluve
- A Travers Champs
- Fol Arome
- Quand Vient L'Ete
- Kadine
- Guerlinade
- Une Rose
- Pour Troubler
- Vague Souvenir
- Champs Elysees
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Vol de Nuit 80th Anniversary Limited Edition Parfum c2013
2013 marks the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Vol de Nuit perfume. To celebrate these gloriously scented years, Guerlain is offering a limited edition of the perfume.
Guerlain's archives have given up 46 empty, vintage flacons, all of the 56ml capacity, and will be filled with the new formulation of Vol de Nuit's parfum. Each bottle's metal label and stopper cover will be richly gilded with real gold leaf. Each bottle will retail for the princely sum of 6500 euros.
Limited edition of only 46 examples of vintage Rayonnant flacons, metal mountings richly gilded, 56ml, filled with current Vol de Nuit parfum, retailing for 6500 euros each.
Vol de Nuit derives its name from the novel by Antoine de Saint Exupery, which relates the drama and excitement of the early years of aviation. In the novel, a pilot, newly wed, loses control of his aircraft, while his wife in the control tower waits feverishly for a sign of life. Vol de Nuit is a vibrant homage to this moving love story and to women who know how to live with danger.
The design in relief on the smoked glass bottle represents the moving propeller of an aircraft, while the name is cut out of a circle of gold metal suggesting the propeller belt. In the limited edition, this feature is richly gilded with real gold leaf.
Guerlain's archives have given up 46 empty, vintage flacons, all of the 56ml capacity, and will be filled with the new formulation of Vol de Nuit's parfum. Each bottle's metal label and stopper cover will be richly gilded with real gold leaf. Each bottle will retail for the princely sum of 6500 euros.
Limited edition of only 46 examples of vintage Rayonnant flacons, metal mountings richly gilded, 56ml, filled with current Vol de Nuit parfum, retailing for 6500 euros each.
- Top notes: Bergamot, galbanum, and petitgrain.
- Heart notes: Jasmine, daffodil, and spices.
- Base notes: Wood, iris, vanilla, amber notes, and an earthy forest note.
Vol de Nuit derives its name from the novel by Antoine de Saint Exupery, which relates the drama and excitement of the early years of aviation. In the novel, a pilot, newly wed, loses control of his aircraft, while his wife in the control tower waits feverishly for a sign of life. Vol de Nuit is a vibrant homage to this moving love story and to women who know how to live with danger.
The design in relief on the smoked glass bottle represents the moving propeller of an aircraft, while the name is cut out of a circle of gold metal suggesting the propeller belt. In the limited edition, this feature is richly gilded with real gold leaf.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Ebay Find! Guerlinade Limited Edition c1998
Guerlinade, originally created in 1921. This fragrance was discontinued for many years before being totally reformulated by Jean Paul Guerlain and relaunched in 1998, a floriental eau de parfum based on the House's famous perfumery accord of the same name. Only 50,000 bottles were made, 3,500 of which were bound for the U.S..
Presented as a limited edition flacon made by Baccarat, to mark the 170th anniversary of the founding of Guerlain. This perfume is available in limited edition in a bottle, which is no longer available today was designed by Robert Granai and is inspired by a bronze vase from Nepal that served during the wedding ceremonies. It contained rose water which was sprinkled onto the guests to bring them good luck.
Made up of Calabrian bergamot, Tunisian hesperides, white lilac, hyacinth, rose and jasmine from Egypt and Grasse, Mayotte vanilla, tonka bean and French iris.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-VERY-RARE-GUERLINADE-EAU-DE-PARFUM-LIMITED-GUERLAIN-PERFUME-BOTTLE-NR-/131019606302?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8160891e
Presented as a limited edition flacon made by Baccarat, to mark the 170th anniversary of the founding of Guerlain. This perfume is available in limited edition in a bottle, which is no longer available today was designed by Robert Granai and is inspired by a bronze vase from Nepal that served during the wedding ceremonies. It contained rose water which was sprinkled onto the guests to bring them good luck.
Made up of Calabrian bergamot, Tunisian hesperides, white lilac, hyacinth, rose and jasmine from Egypt and Grasse, Mayotte vanilla, tonka bean and French iris.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-VERY-RARE-GUERLINADE-EAU-DE-PARFUM-LIMITED-GUERLAIN-PERFUME-BOTTLE-NR-/131019606302?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8160891e
Ebay Find! No. 25 EDT in Bee Flacon
Ebay Find! Limited Edition No. 25 eau de toilette in Bee Flacon.
This is the perfume Terracotta Voile D'Ete. Created by Jean-Paul Guerlain and Mathilde Laurent. Discontinued by 2001.
Reissued as No.25 in 2002 as part of the Les Parisiennes line. Discontinued by 2004, then reissued as Quand Vient l'Été, an eau de parfum in 2005.
Notes:
This is the perfume Terracotta Voile D'Ete. Created by Jean-Paul Guerlain and Mathilde Laurent. Discontinued by 2001.
Reissued as No.25 in 2002 as part of the Les Parisiennes line. Discontinued by 2004, then reissued as Quand Vient l'Été, an eau de parfum in 2005.
Notes:
- Top notes: bergamot, mint, citrus, rose
- Middle notes: ylang-ylang, heliotrope, jasmine, iris, white lily, carnation, pear
- Base notes: vanilla, tonka bean, orris and straw.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Eau de Cologne Imperiale 160th Anniversary Limited Edition c2013
Deluxe edition for the 160th anniversary of the bee bottle and Eau de Cologne Impériale, the creation that catapulted the success of Guerlain in 1853. For this edition, Guerlain has asked French artist Lison de Caunes to conceive a magnificent decoration for the monumental one-litre golden bee bottle using straw marquetry, a technique which was widely used in Art Deco. The box, entirely covered with straw marquetry, features Guerlain’s revived Sun King logo. Thirty-two numbered pieces have been produced.
Photos and info from Monsieur Guerlain
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Indes & Merveilles Deluxe Limited Edition Shalimar Flacon c2013
Deluxe Shalimar limited edition for 2013, called "Indes & Merveilles".
Sylvia Toledano, the Parisian jewellery maker, has designed an exceptional set of jewels that follows the curves of the original Shalimar bottle. The 24-carat matte gold is covered with a myriad of colored stones coming from Jaipur: lapis lazuli, amethyst, carnelian, malachite, tiger-eye and yellow and pink quartz.
The bottle holds 1.5 litre of Shalimar parfum and has been produced in only 48 numbered pieces.
Photo from Monsieur Guerlain
Friday, September 20, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Shiny Cherry Blossom by Guerlain c2005
Shiny Cherry Blossom by Guerlain: launched in 2005. Limited edition from the Asian-oriented Cherry Blossom fragrance collection released each spring.
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