Vintage 1990s Limited Edition Mitsouko 50ml EDT & Silk Chiffon Handkerchief

Vintage 1990s Limited Edition Mitsouko 50ml Eau de Toilette Spray + Silk Chiffon Handkerchief.

Interesting presentation box in cream with "sponge" type gilded accents. The box has a circular "window" on the front revealing the label on the bottle. Inside the lid of the box is a small slot where the handkerchief is stored.

The silk chiffon handkerchief is printed with the woodcut image usually found on the presentation box for Mitsouko and L'Heure Bleue parfum.

The box is marked "Guerlain Copyright 1995".

images: ebay seller us-sport-mitte

Guerlain Rarities on Ebay 10/10/15-10/17/15 UPDATED

Here you go...add these rarities to your collection today!


L'ABEILLE AUX AILES ARGENT REVE DE LUNE PARFUM:

Limited edition fragrance L'abeille Aux Ailes Argent Reve de Lune 30 ml Parfum tester. Batch code 2Q01 corresponds to 2012 .Reve de Lune: created in 2012, is simply a reissue of Jean-Paul Guerlain's Metallica, a limited edition Eau de Toilette from 2000 (subsequently renamed Metalys), reworked by Thierry Wasser to constitute Parfum concentration. The perfume was housed in a 245ml Baccarat "L'Abeille Aux Ailes Argent" flacon bottle features beautiful, hand applied silver leaf on the wings, only 57 numbered pieces are produced and sold worldwide, for $25,000 US dollars.

It is classified as a spicy oriental fragrance for women.

• Top notes: aldehydes, bergamot, lemon,bitter orange
• Middle notes: jasmine, ylang ylang, pepper, orange blossom, carnation
• Base notes: vanilla, tonka bean, balsam, resins

Click here to see the REVE DE LUNE auction

VINTAGE EAU LUSTRALE HAIR GROOM:

Vintage 1950s-1960s nice green glass bottle of Eau Lustrale hair groom.

Click here to see the EAU LUSTRALE auction

VINTAGE L'HEURE BLEUE FLACON DE GUERRE:

Vintage 1930s-1940s L'Heure Bleue 10ml parfum in flacon de guerre wartime bottle.

Click here to see the L'HEURE BLEUE auction

VINTAGE VERITABLE EAU DE COLOGNE POUR LE BAIN:

Vintage 1970s 17 oz bottle of Veritable Eau de Cologne Pour Le Bain bath essence in original box.

Click here to see the VERITABLE EAU DE COLOGNE auction

Flacon Tortue Parfum Exceptional Edition c2015

For the 2015 Holiday season, Guerlain issued a new limited edition luxury perfume bottle called the "Flacon Tortue Parfum Exceptional Edition." 

This year we are treated to a reissue of the exclusive Baccarat turtle bottle, first used in 1914 for the perfume Parfum des Champs Elysees. The front of the bottle is emblazoned with a gold foil label featuring the vintage style font for "Guerlain Paris" and familiar sun king image. Black and gold silk baudruchage is wound tightly around the neck and stopper of the bottle terminating in a wide swath of silk tassel held in place by the gold Guerlain G seal.

Housed inside this new edition is a special edition of the Le Parfum du 69 perfume. Only 47 numbered pieces will be available for sale. The exclusive flacon holding 60 ml of Parfum will retail for an astounding price of 9,500 €.

Guerlain Samples I Need

Samples I currently need:

• 180 Ans de Creations 1828-2008
• A Travers Champs
• Angélique Noire
• Arsene Lupin Dandy
• Arsene Lupin Voyou
• Atuana
• Belle Epoque
• Bois d'Arménie
• Bon Vieux Temps
• Bouquet de Faunes
• Cachet Jaune
• Candide Effluve
• Chamade
• Chamade pour Homme
• Champs Elysees Too Much?
• Chant D'Aromes
• Cherry Blossom
• Chypre 53
• Colours of Love
• Coque d’Or
• Cuir Beluga
• Cuir de Russie
• Derby
• Djedi
• Eau de Cashmere
• Eau de Lingerie
• Eau de Lit
• Eau de Shalimar
• Eau Hegemonienne
• Fleur de Feu
• Fleur qui Meurt
• Floral Romantique
• Fol Arome
• French Kiss
• Garden Sensuel
• Gourmand Coquin
• Guerlain Homme
• Guerlarose
• Guerlilas
• Guerlinade (1921 version)
• Guerlinade (1998 version)
• Idylle
• Insolence Eau Glacee
• Iris Ganache
• Jardins de Bagatelle
• Jasmiralda
• Kadine
• Kriss
• L'Abeille de Guerlain
• L'Ame d'un Héros (formerly Coriolan)
• L’Homme Ideal
• L'Instant de Guerlain
• La Cologne Du Parfumeur
• Le Bolshoi scents
• Le Bouquet de la Mariee
• Le Jardin de Mon Curé
• Le Plus Beau Jour de Ma Vie
• Les Secrets de Sophie
• Lights Of Champs-Elysees
• Loin de Tout
• Love is All
• Mademoiselle Guerlain
• Mayotte
• Metallica (Metalys)
• Meteorites
• Milade
• Mi-Mai
• Mitsouko Fleur de Lotus
• Mon Exclusif
• Mouchoir de Monsieur
• Muguet
• Myrrhe & Delires
• Ne m’Oubliez Pas
• Ode
• Orchidee Imperiale
• Oriental Brûlant
• Oud Sensuel
• Pao Rosa
• Parfum des Champs-Elysees
• Paris-Moscou
• Paris-New York
• Paris-Tokyo
• Paris-Shanghai
• Parure
• Philtre d'Amour
• Plus Que Jamais
• Pour Troubler
• Purple Fantasy
• Quand vient l'été
• Quand Vient la Pluie
• Royal Extract
• Rue de la Paix
• Samsara Shine
• Santal 
• Santal Royal
• Secret Intention
• Shalimar Cologne (2015)
• Shalimar Ode La Vanille Sur la Route de Madagascar
• Shalimar Souffle de Parfum
• Sillage
• Songe d’un Bois d’été
• Sous le Vent
• Terracotta Le Parfum
• Terracotta Voile d`Ete
• Tonka Imperiale
• Une Rose
• Vetiver pour Elle
• Voile de Poudre 
• Voilette de Madame
• Vol de Nuit
• With Love
• 
  
• all of the Aqua Allegoria scents

Samples I have:

Classic scents:

• Apres L'Ondee EDT
• Attrape Coeur
• Champs Elysees (1996 vintage)
• Dawamesk (vintage)
• Eau de Guerlain (vintage)
• Guerlinade (1924 vintage)
• Heritage (vintage)
• Idylle Duet
• Idylle Duet Jasmin Lilas
• Insolence
• Jicky (vintage)
• Jicky Parfum de Toilette (vintage)
• L'Heure Bleue (vintage)
• L'Heure Bleue EDP (2010)
• L'Heure de Nuit 
• La Petite Robe Noire (current version)
• Le Parfum du 68 EDP
• Liu (vintage)
• Mahora EDP (vintage)
• Mitsouko parfum (2013)
• Mitsouko (vintage)
• Mon Precieux Nectar
• My Insolence
• Nahema (vintage)
• Nuit d'Amour
• Samsara (vintage)
• Shalimar parfum (vintage)
• Shalimar eau de cologne (vintage)
• Shalimar Ode de la Vanille Sur la route de Mexique
• Shalimar Parfum Initial
• Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau
• Spiritueuse Double Vanille
• Vague Souvenir (vintage)
• Vega EDT
• Vetiver (vintage)

Les Voyages Olfactifs:

• Une Ville, Une Parfum - London EDP

Les Deserts d'Orient:

• Encens Mythique d'Orient
• Rose Nacree du Desert

L'Art et la Matiére:

• Rose Barbare
• Cruel Gardenia

Les Elixirs Charnels:

• Boise Torride
• Chypre Fatal

Le Bol de Savon

Le Bol de Savon, a shaving soap in a bowl is shown below. The piece most likely dates from 1920s-1950s. The lid features a sun with wavy rays. The "bowl" measures 7" in diameter and stands about 3.5" in height. The total weight is about 3 lbs. The soap itself is molded with "Bol de Guerlain Paris". The last photo is the underside of the lid.

In this 1926 advertisement for Guerlain's bath goods, you can see an image of the bol de savon to the right.

all photos of the bol de savon are from ebay sellerfragranceswap

This Week's Guerlain Rarities 9/29/15 - 10/5/15

Here we go with another round of Guerlain rarities to add to your collection!

Vintage Liu parfum in 2.7 oz flacon de guerre with Shalimar box.

Click here to see the LIU auction

Opiat Dentifrice de Guerlain c1830

Guerlain unusual pewter pot for opiated toothpaste titled embossed on the cover:
"Opiat Dentifrice de Guerlain Paris Brevete, Each pot must bear this mark filed in the registry."
Marked with the woman flag logo.
1st period 1830

Guerlain Fragrances: Rare vs. Common

Often in ebay listings, I see sellers claiming some Guerlain perfumes are rare, when in the case of Shalimar, Mitsouko and Jicky, which are not actually rare, the most common of all Guerlain perfumes.

Shalimar 90th Anniversary Exceptional Edition Flacon c2015

This year Guerlain treats us to another exceptional collector's flacon just in time for the holidays. To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Shalimar, a gorgeous deep cobalt blue crystal flacon has been created by famed glass works Waltersperger. The flacon is adorned with a 22kt gilded branch which is attached around the neck of the bottle. Two blown glass birds, symbolizing the eternal love between Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, perched upon the branch are handmade by Maison Desrues and richly covered in silver, blue and gold enamel. The bottle holds an impressive 1.5 litres of Shalimar extrait. Only 17 of these limited edition flacons are available this year.

This Week's Guerlain Rarities on Ebay! UPDATED

Here is another round of Guerlain rarities I found on ebay this week...get them while they are still available!

VINTAGE 1920S-1930S SHALIMAR PARFUM:

Vintage 1925-1930s Shalimar parfum in approximately 2 oz Cristal Nancy bottle. Notice hole in bottom of stopper.

Click here to see the SHALIMAR auction

Shalimar Souffle de Parfum Collectible Flacon c2015

Shalimar Souffle de Parfum Collectible Flacon by Guerlain: launched in 2015. This is only a limited edition collectible flacon, with no change to the perfume.

Carmen Le Bolshoï c2015

Carmen Le Bolshoï by Guerlain: to be launched in October 2015. Created by Thierry Wasser. Presented as a limited edition made expressly for Russia's Le Bolshoï theater in Moscow. Celebrating Le Bolshoï's 240th anniversary, the theatre is presenting a special perfume, Carmen along with a performance of the opera of the same name (which is also celebrating an anniversary, it's 140th).

BEWARE!!! COUNTERFEIT GUERLAIN FRAGRANCES

I hate to break it to you, but Guerlain is being counterfeited. These perfumes are being sold on various websites as "manufacturer's rejects" or "defective" perfumes, they are unboxed and "may have defects".

Also sold as:

• "sephora dubai"
• "Dubai AAA"
• "Gred AAA"
• "1-1 Copy" 
• "1:1"
• "1-1"
• "1:1 AAA"
• "1VS1"
• "Grade AAA"
• "AAA Quality"
• "Grade AA"
• "Grade AAA Replica"
• "Super AAA"
•  "Super A"
• "Super Gred"
• "5A Gred"
• "One Drop Perfume"
• "Original Reject Perfume"
• "Similarity: 95%-99% Same As Original"
• "90%LIKE ORIGINAL DUBAI GRED 5A"

Also some wholesaler's of COUNTERFEIT PERFUME TESTERS are describing their goods as follows:

"All perfume ingredients are imported from France. So quality will be much better than other suppliers'. And we put more fragrance capacity into every perfumes and freezing it for a long time, so smell can last for a long time. Normally it can keeps 1-2 days, even some Super AAA quality and 1-1 Copies can last more than 3 days."

This was also found on a counterfeiters site:

"1. What is Is 1VS1 fragrance ?                                              
The best quality copy fragrance!!!
2. What is 1VS1 fragrance?                                      
1VS1 fragrance, of good quality, is similar to the origin and smell 70% - 90% same."

 Here is more from other sites:

"Grade AAA Sephora Dubai | 99% Like Original
Not From China | Not From Indonesia
Odor Remained Up To 8 Hours
Perfume & Bottle - BEST QUALITY in Town"
"Grade AAA Sephora Dubai | 99% Bau Sama Seperti Original
Bukan Perfume China | Bukan Perfume Indonesia
Bau Mampu Bertahan Sehingga 8 Jam
Kualiti Bukan Seperti Di Pasar Malam"

Vetiver des Indes

Vetiver des Indes. The fragrant roots of this grass were widely used to keep destructive insects from eating cashmere shawls, furs and other textiles.

In India, a mixture of vetiver (khus khus) and patchouli (pucha pat) was used to scent shawls and keep the insects from damaging the textiles. The fragrant blend was also produced by perfumer's wishing to imitate the scent.

In the past wealthy women used to have tiny sachets of oil of vetiver sewn into the linings of their expensive fur coats.

Ne M'Oubliez Pas c2015

Ne M'Oubliez Pas by Guerlain: will be launched around September 21, 2015. Created by Thierry Wasser as a limited edition fragrance for women. The name derives from one of Guerlain's earliest lipstick lines, created in 1870 and known as the first modern day lipstick sold in a tube.

ON EBAY THIS WEEK! UPDATED!

Looking for some real rarities to add to your collection? As a courtesy to my readers, here are some fabulous finds for you that I found on ebay this week. Good luck and have fun bidding!

Vintage Liu Parfum in Wartime Flacon

Click here to see the Liu auction

Habit Rouge Dress Code c2015

Habit Rouge Dress Code by Guerlain: launched in 2015. Created by Thierry Wasser as a limited edition fragrance for men.

Flacon Etruscan c1900

The Flacon Etruscan was created in the early 1900s to hold Lotion Vegetale. The cap was made up of gilded metal cast with a foliate motif. The bottle was made by Pochet et du Courval. The luxury edition had gilding on the shoulders and the base of the bottle. The classic bottle has no gilding, except on the stopper.

The bottle was made in three sizes:

• 80cc
• 90cc
• 250cc - 15cm tall

Some of the scents were: Heliotrope, Jicky, Chypre, Fleurs Ambrees, L'Ether Aromatique, Ultra Fresca, Violette, and others.

La Petite Robe Noire Hair Mist c2014

La Petite Robe Noire Hair Mist by Guerlain: launched in 2014. Created by Thierry Wasser.

Flacon L'Urne Antique c1830

1830 Guerlain perfume bottle and stopper, used for various scents, clear glass, molded address label., edge chipping on stopper plug. Bottle stands 4" tall.

Faked Guerlain Perfume Bottle

I wanted to bring to your attention, a cleverly crafted fake Guerlain perfume bottle. While this may simply have been crafted by a hobbyist for their own benefit, it undoubtedly made it's way into the open market and was being offered for sale. A suspecting buyer had asked some questions to some of use on the IPBA members facebook group and we all chimed in with our opinions.

I for one immediately dismissed this as a fake bottle based on the sloppy baudruchage, the weird "label", the stopper, the overall look of the piece as a whole, as well as my own extensive knowledge on Guerlain's perfume bottles.

Let's talk about the baudruchage for a moment. On this bottle with see gold and white cotton baker's twine and red and gold sealing wax used to decoratively seal the bottle. We know that Guerlain did not use this sort of baudruchage cording - nor this type of sloppy sealing wax. Guerlain uses only the finest silk threads to finish the barbichage (bearding the silk threads), brossage (brushing the yarn into place), wax seal and signature Guerlain stamp - an art of bottling that the Dames de table craftswomen pass down from generation to generation, just like guildsmen.

The photos below illustrate the care that goes into Guerlain's baudruchage.

Ok, now back to the fake perfume bottle...the stopper. The stopper appears to be metal and embossed with an Art Nouveau floral pattern. While it is very pretty - Guerlain did not use this type of stopper.

The bottle shape itself. While the shape is similar to a bottle by Guerlain called the Flacon de Guerre (the wartime bottle), it is not exactly the same. The fake bottle features sharply sloping shoulders, while the flacon de guerre's shoulders have slight sloping and a ridge around the short neck of the bottle. Also the

Now let's get onto the label of the fake bottle. It does not follow any known form of an authentic Guerlain label. It is however most likely a header from a letter, advertisement, receipt or other sort of document. It is also from the 19th century as evidenced by the wording: "Guerlain Parfumeur Brevete de S.M. L'Imperatrice Des Cours de Russie, d`Allemagne et d 'Angleterre Paris Rue de la Paix ,15."

Please see the image below of an authentic Guerlain document: