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Hello and welcome! Please understand that this website is not affiliated with Guerlain in any way, it is only a reference site for collectors and those who have enjoyed the classic fragrances of days gone by. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
The main objective of this website is to chronicle the 200+ year old history of the Guerlain fragrances and showcase the bottles and advertising used throughout the years. Let this site be your source for information on antique and vintage Guerlain perfumes. Another goal of this website is to show the present owners of the Guerlain company how much we miss many of the discontinued classics and hopefully, if they see that there is enough interest and demand, they will bring back these fragrances!
I invite you to leave a comment below (for example: of why you liked the fragrance, describe the scent, time period or age you wore it, who gave it to you or on what occasion, what it smelled like to you, how it made you feel, any specific memories, what it reminded you of, maybe a relative wore it, or you remembered seeing the bottle on their vanity table), who knows, perhaps someone from the current Guerlain brand might see it.
If you have any questions, please send all images of your bottle and pertinent information directly to me at cleopatrasboudoir@gmail.com. I will try to assist you the best I can.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Habit Rouge L'Eau c2011
Habit Rouge L'Eau by Guerlain: launched in 2011. Created by Thierry Wasser.
So what does it smell like? It is classified as an oriental fragrance for men.
It is available in eau de toilette concentration.
So what does it smell like? It is classified as an oriental fragrance for men.
- Top notes: bitter orange, green notes
- Middle notes: jasmine
- Base notes: vanilla, hazelnut, patchouli
It is available in eau de toilette concentration.
Shalimar - Edition Charms c2010
Shalimar Edition Charms 75ml eau de parfum and Eau de Shalimar Edition Charms 75ml eau de toilette are two limited edition collector's flacons holding the usual juices and were launched in 2010.
"The desire to experience sensuality, femininity, mystery...to succumb to SHALIMAR ÉDITION CHARMS, whose bottle decorated with Oriental motifs, evokes the splendours of India. Slender arabesques unfurl their delicate volutes over the bottle and box. They are inspired by the motifs on the rings worn by Indian women on every occasion, along with the embroidery admired on the shimmering colours of ceremonial saris. A blue silk thread is wound around the neck of the bottle, holding the famous golden "signet" engraved with the double G."
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Fleurs de Shalimar - Collector Flacons c2009
Fleurs de Shalimar 75ml eau de parfum and Eau de Shalimar Fleur 75ml eau de toilette, are two limited edition bottles for collectors.
Shalimar Ode de la Vanille c2010
Shalimar Ode de la Vanille: launched in 2010 and created by Thierry Wasser as a limited edition Shalimar flanker scent.
Showcasing Shalimar's iconic base note, Ode de la Vanille is comprised up of two varietal essences, tienture de vanille from Mayotte, and Absolute de Vanille from Madagascar.
Showcasing Shalimar's iconic base note, Ode de la Vanille is comprised up of two varietal essences, tienture de vanille from Mayotte, and Absolute de Vanille from Madagascar.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Vintage 1950s Guerlain Advertising Mirror
From a Hotel Rambouillet perfume auction
"Mirror titled "Parfumerie Guerlain SM provider Empress" and "Paris 15 Rue de la Paix in London 23 Old Bond Street" and "Printer E MANDOUCE 13 Rue Buffault" decorated weapons of the Second Empire. According to our research this mirror has been reproduced from an old advertising and offered a few custodians of international Guerlain perfumer. Wooden frame Dimensions: 39 x 54 cm"
Saturday, December 6, 2014
L'Heure Bleue Anniversary Edition Box Set c2012
Limited edition box set featuring three new interpretations of L'Heure Bleue by Thierry Wasser, alongside a bottle of the regular Parfum. The blue velvet presentation case is decorated with silver pearl embroidery spelling the Guerlain name, an artwork by Lesage Atelier de Broderie. All four bottles are the 30 ml size.
The new interpretations are meant to symbolize the three parts of a day and night.
The new interpretations are meant to symbolize the three parts of a day and night.
- Morning - L’Aurore (Eau de Toilette)
- Midday - Le ZĂ©nith (Eau de Parfum)
- Midnight - Le Crépuscule (Parfum)
They are composed with orange blossom, orris, heliotrope, white musk and gourmand notes, clearly inspired by the original classic but with a luminous and modern twist. The boxed set retails for 3000 €. The Eau de Parfum version will come out as standard-priced Parisienne edition in 2013.
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2012,
baccarat,
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L'Aurore,
l'heure bleue,
Le Crepuscule,
Le Zenith,
Lesage,
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parfum,
perfume
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas by Guerlain c2012
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Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas,
Idylle Love Blossom,
Jasmin Lilas,
limited edition,
parfum,
perfume
Friday, November 28, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
La Petite Robe Noire Eau Fraiche - Ma Nouvelle Robe PĂ©tales by Guerlain c2015
La Petite Robe Noire Eau Fraiche (Ma Robe PĂ©tales) by Guerlain: launched on March 2015. Created by Thierry Wasser as a flanker scent to the successful La Petite Robe Noire fragrance. This information was first revealed at a press party in Moscow, held at the Bolshoi theatre. Our friend Monsieur Guerlain first reported this information.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Fleurs de Serre by Guerlain c1878
Fleurs de Serre by Guerlain: launched in 1879. Created by Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain
Monday, November 24, 2014
Shalimar - Nuit des Indes - Exceptional Limited Edition Collector's Flacon 2014
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Sunday, November 9, 2014
Le Bolshoi - Black Swan by Guerlain c2014
Le Bolshoi - Black Swan by Guerlain: launched in 2014. This year's edition is the third that Guerlain has created for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. The flacon is the familiar quadrilobe shape, topped with the atomizer. However, we are told that the perfume contained therein will be different than the Les Secrets de Sophie perfume that was housed in the two previous editions. Monsieur Guerlain has mentioned that during the press party, it was revealed that the perfume will have a "woody, milky, fresh and sparkling" note and based on a prominent sandalwood note.
So what does it smell like? It is classified as a floral woody musk fragrance for women.
The perfume is only available limited quantities in Moscow and retails for 375 € for 60ml.
So what does it smell like? It is classified as a floral woody musk fragrance for women.
- Top notes: milky accord, mandarin, lemon and bergamot
- Middle notes: lily of the valley, violet, rose and jasmine
- Base notes: white musk, vanilla, sandalwood and cedar
The perfume is only available limited quantities in Moscow and retails for 375 € for 60ml.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
La Malle de Voyage - 160 Year Anniversary of the Bee Bottle c2013
La Malle de Voyage - was one of several special presentations created in 2013 to mark the 160th anniversary of the creation of the bee bottle, known as the Abeille flacon.
Guerlain commissioned nine “MaĂ®tres d’art” of the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art of France. Giving them full artistic freedom to create whatever they could envision to centre around a one litre bee bottle. The resulting incarnations are truly the epitome of one of a kind masterpieces.
The unique bottles were on display at the Maison Guerlain, 68, Champs-ÉlysĂ©es, from the 10th of December 2013 to the 14th of February 2014 and were showcased in photo and video exhibitions in Guerlain’s Exclusive Line Doors in 2014. They will be sold to help fund the “MaĂ®tres d’art – Students” project, in which master artists pass down rare and exceptional skills to apprentices, overseen by the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art (INMA). You can read more about the INMA online.
Serge Amoruso, MaĂ®tre d’art – Class of 2010. This skilled leather craftsman and designer is a prominent specialist of rare and precious hides, who gained experience at Hermès in the training of the finest historical leather-making techniques. Using this traditional knowledge, he has since focused his talent on making pieces as whimsical as they are ostentatious, such as an alligator-lined scooter or genuinely exclusive tailor-made creations.
Guerlain commissioned nine “MaĂ®tres d’art” of the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art of France. Giving them full artistic freedom to create whatever they could envision to centre around a one litre bee bottle. The resulting incarnations are truly the epitome of one of a kind masterpieces.
The unique bottles were on display at the Maison Guerlain, 68, Champs-ÉlysĂ©es, from the 10th of December 2013 to the 14th of February 2014 and were showcased in photo and video exhibitions in Guerlain’s Exclusive Line Doors in 2014. They will be sold to help fund the “MaĂ®tres d’art – Students” project, in which master artists pass down rare and exceptional skills to apprentices, overseen by the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art (INMA). You can read more about the INMA online.
Serge Amoruso, MaĂ®tre d’art – Class of 2010. This skilled leather craftsman and designer is a prominent specialist of rare and precious hides, who gained experience at Hermès in the training of the finest historical leather-making techniques. Using this traditional knowledge, he has since focused his talent on making pieces as whimsical as they are ostentatious, such as an alligator-lined scooter or genuinely exclusive tailor-made creations.
From Guerlain:
“La Malle de Voyage” (“The Travel Trunk”)
An artistic trunk presented in two identical pieces, like a lightning-shaped split or a single-use broken mould. Its covering features the rarest and noblest materials: red Morocco leather and parchment stamped with the imprint of the bottle on the interior, midnight blue shagreen and, in contrast, carbon fibre on the exterior. An unusual combination that transforms this work into a surprising and contemporary sculpture, whose highlight is a piece of meteorite that opens the doors of time.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Cananga Blanc by Guerlain c1879
Cananga Blanc by Guerlain: launched in 1879. Created by Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Guerlain's 2014 Holiday Beauty Collection
As you may have read on other blogs, this year Guerlain has brought back it's gorgeous gilded bowtie flacon for usage in it's limited edition shimmer powder for their luxurious 2014 Holiday Beauty Collection named A Night at the Opera. Included in this theme are several other limited edition products bearing the iconic Coque D'Or bow tie symbol.
'Coque d'Or' Iridescent Perfumed Powder (Limited Edition)
Graceful and feather-light, Guerlain Coque d'Or Iridescent Perfumed Powder is a subtle glitter for body and hair. For the first time since its creation, Guerlain has reproduced the original bottle and reinterpreted it in gold-lacquered glass. With a mere press of the bulb, the twirling, airy powder covers the hair and décolleté in a delicate sparkling veil. It's subtly scented with Coque d'Or's legendary chypre notes, recomposed in an exclusive variation.
Notes: bergamot, lavender, iris, rose and patchouli.
'Meteorites' Perles d'Etoile (Limited Edition)
Guerlain Meteorites Perles d'Etoile are light-revealing pearls of powder. The legendary pearls are available in a blend of six light and radiant tones specially designed to enhance your complexion after nightfall under the lights of evening. Its fragrant note of violet adds a light scent while a shimmering finish illuminates your complexion. It comes in a goldtone container with the famous bow inspired by Coque d'Or sculpted on the lid.
'Rouge G de Guerlain - 820 Rouge Parade' Jewel Lipstick Compact (Limited Edition)
Rouge G de Guerlain 820 Rouge Parade is a pure, French-style satin-finish bright red shade for gala evenings—luminous and distinctively elegant. Ready to go out, the exceptional lip color is adorned in red lacquer set off with a golden charm and mechanism. It's the shade worn by Natalia Vodianova in the campaign visual, attracting every eye from her balcony.
'A Night at the Opera' Eyeshadow Duo
Guerlain’s Duo Eyeshadow palettes feature two stunning colors that work off each other to give your eyes a gorgeous glow. One hue is a pure matte and the other is a luminous veil with a glittering or metallic finish. Simply glide on the matte then layer the veil on top, or wear one at a time to create a look that’s yours alone.
'Petrouchka' Eye & Blush Palette (Limited Edition)
Petrouchka Eye and Blush Palette by Guerlain is filled with makeup essentials for your eyes and cheeks cleverly combined in a golden case adorned with a flat bow in red fabric, which can easily be transformed into a bracelet or hair tie. The limited-edition palette is filled with sophisticated hues, including five finely iridescent eyeshadow shades and four matte or pearlescent blushes.
'A Night at the Opera - Maxi Shine' Gloss d'Enfer Lip Gloss
Maxi Shine Gloss d'Enfer guarantees lips a shimmering, radiant and plumping finish. Maxi Shine's oil composition creates a moisturizing barrier to ensure an intense softness. Additionally, each shade presents varying degrees of coverage and pigment intensity. The perfect partner for a desirable, appealing smile, Maxi Shine offers tailor-made effects for beautifully enhanced lips
'A Night at the Opera' Nail Lacquer
Guerlain's newest nail lacquers are indispensable allies for accomplished femininity. The ultra-vibrant shades incorporate adhesive resins to offer a perfectly even sheen that lasts for days. Using each shade's extra-flat and widened brush, the easy-to-use formula imparts a shiny, daring and immaculate finish.
'Shalimar' Eau de Parfum Set
To celebrate the season, Guerlain invites you into its fairy universe to discover an enchanted Christmas tree, where every decoration is a wink to the House symbols.
Inspired by the passionate love story between an emperor and an Indian princess, Shalimar, which means “temple of love” in Sanskrit, symbolizes the promise of eternal love forevermore. It’s a fragrance of desire. With its smoldering and slightly impertinent character, the star oriental fragrance in perfumery embodies skin-caressing sensuality with a hint of the forbidden.
Set includes:
- Eau de Parfum (1.7 oz.)
- Eau de Parfum Purse Spray (0.5 oz.)
'Coque d'Or' Iridescent Perfumed Powder (Limited Edition)
Graceful and feather-light, Guerlain Coque d'Or Iridescent Perfumed Powder is a subtle glitter for body and hair. For the first time since its creation, Guerlain has reproduced the original bottle and reinterpreted it in gold-lacquered glass. With a mere press of the bulb, the twirling, airy powder covers the hair and décolleté in a delicate sparkling veil. It's subtly scented with Coque d'Or's legendary chypre notes, recomposed in an exclusive variation.
Notes: bergamot, lavender, iris, rose and patchouli.
'Meteorites' Perles d'Etoile (Limited Edition)
Guerlain Meteorites Perles d'Etoile are light-revealing pearls of powder. The legendary pearls are available in a blend of six light and radiant tones specially designed to enhance your complexion after nightfall under the lights of evening. Its fragrant note of violet adds a light scent while a shimmering finish illuminates your complexion. It comes in a goldtone container with the famous bow inspired by Coque d'Or sculpted on the lid.
'Rouge G de Guerlain - 820 Rouge Parade' Jewel Lipstick Compact (Limited Edition)
Rouge G de Guerlain 820 Rouge Parade is a pure, French-style satin-finish bright red shade for gala evenings—luminous and distinctively elegant. Ready to go out, the exceptional lip color is adorned in red lacquer set off with a golden charm and mechanism. It's the shade worn by Natalia Vodianova in the campaign visual, attracting every eye from her balcony.
'A Night at the Opera' Eyeshadow Duo
Guerlain’s Duo Eyeshadow palettes feature two stunning colors that work off each other to give your eyes a gorgeous glow. One hue is a pure matte and the other is a luminous veil with a glittering or metallic finish. Simply glide on the matte then layer the veil on top, or wear one at a time to create a look that’s yours alone.
'Petrouchka' Eye & Blush Palette (Limited Edition)
Petrouchka Eye and Blush Palette by Guerlain is filled with makeup essentials for your eyes and cheeks cleverly combined in a golden case adorned with a flat bow in red fabric, which can easily be transformed into a bracelet or hair tie. The limited-edition palette is filled with sophisticated hues, including five finely iridescent eyeshadow shades and four matte or pearlescent blushes.
'A Night at the Opera - Maxi Shine' Gloss d'Enfer Lip Gloss
Maxi Shine Gloss d'Enfer guarantees lips a shimmering, radiant and plumping finish. Maxi Shine's oil composition creates a moisturizing barrier to ensure an intense softness. Additionally, each shade presents varying degrees of coverage and pigment intensity. The perfect partner for a desirable, appealing smile, Maxi Shine offers tailor-made effects for beautifully enhanced lips
'A Night at the Opera' Nail Lacquer
Guerlain's newest nail lacquers are indispensable allies for accomplished femininity. The ultra-vibrant shades incorporate adhesive resins to offer a perfectly even sheen that lasts for days. Using each shade's extra-flat and widened brush, the easy-to-use formula imparts a shiny, daring and immaculate finish.
'Shalimar' Eau de Parfum Set
To celebrate the season, Guerlain invites you into its fairy universe to discover an enchanted Christmas tree, where every decoration is a wink to the House symbols.
Inspired by the passionate love story between an emperor and an Indian princess, Shalimar, which means “temple of love” in Sanskrit, symbolizes the promise of eternal love forevermore. It’s a fragrance of desire. With its smoldering and slightly impertinent character, the star oriental fragrance in perfumery embodies skin-caressing sensuality with a hint of the forbidden.
Set includes:
- Eau de Parfum (1.7 oz.)
- Eau de Parfum Purse Spray (0.5 oz.)
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
La Ruche Imperiale - 160 Year Anniversary of the Bee Bottle c2013
La Ruche Impériale- was one of several special presentations created in 2013 to mark the 160th anniversary of the creation of the bee bottle, known as the Abeille flacon.
Guerlain commissioned nine “MaĂ®tres d’art” of the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art of France. Giving them full artistic freedom to create whatever they could envision to centre around a one litre bee bottle. The resulting incarnations are truly the epitome of one of a kind masterpieces.
The unique bottles were on display at the Maison Guerlain, 68, Champs-ÉlysĂ©es, from the 10th of December 2013 to the 14th of February 2014 and were showcased in photo and video exhibitions in Guerlain’s Exclusive Line Doors in 2014. They will be sold to help fund the “MaĂ®tres d’art – Students” project, in which master artists pass down rare and exceptional skills to apprentices, overseen by the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art (INMA). You can read more about the INMA online.
Laurent Nogues, MaĂ®tre d’art – Class of 2011. This founder of the Creanog studio is the preeminent artist in the sector of embossing, hot-stamping and insets on paper. He fabricates labels for affluent brands and highly respected institutions.
Guerlain commissioned nine “MaĂ®tres d’art” of the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art of France. Giving them full artistic freedom to create whatever they could envision to centre around a one litre bee bottle. The resulting incarnations are truly the epitome of one of a kind masterpieces.
The unique bottles were on display at the Maison Guerlain, 68, Champs-ÉlysĂ©es, from the 10th of December 2013 to the 14th of February 2014 and were showcased in photo and video exhibitions in Guerlain’s Exclusive Line Doors in 2014. They will be sold to help fund the “MaĂ®tres d’art – Students” project, in which master artists pass down rare and exceptional skills to apprentices, overseen by the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art (INMA). You can read more about the INMA online.
Laurent Nogues, MaĂ®tre d’art – Class of 2011. This founder of the Creanog studio is the preeminent artist in the sector of embossing, hot-stamping and insets on paper. He fabricates labels for affluent brands and highly respected institutions.
From Guerlain:
“La Ruche ImpĂ©riale” (“The Imperial Hive”)
A graphic art version of the honeycombs that make up the hive. This precious honeycomb-shaped case is just waiting to be opened and unfolded to reveal the innovation and splendour of paper transformed through embossing. It is composed of six panels lined with white paper embossed with a tone-on-tone honeycomb motif. On closer view, one notices an optical illusion on the central stamp that represents the legendary bottle. The development of specific tools and a very singular embossing technique allow for a complex, tailor-made geometry for endless effects of light with striking definition.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
La Cage aux Oiseaux et aux Abeilles - 160 Year Anniversary of the Bee Bottle c2013
La Cage aux Oiseaux et aux Abeilles - was one of several special presentations created in 2013 to mark the 160th anniversary of the creation of the bee bottle, known as the Abeille flacon.
Guerlain commissioned nine “MaĂ®tres d’art” of the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art of France. Giving them full artistic freedom to create whatever they could envision to centre around a one litre bee bottle. The resulting incarnations are truly the epitome of one of a kind masterpieces.
The unique bottles were on display at the Maison Guerlain, 68, Champs-ÉlysĂ©es, from the 10th of December 2013 to the 14th of February 2014 and were showcased in photo and video exhibitions in Guerlain’s Exclusive Line Doors in 2014. They will be sold to help fund the “MaĂ®tres d’art – Students” project, in which master artists pass down rare and exceptional skills to apprentices, overseen by the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art (INMA). You can read more about the INMA online.
Nelly Saunier, MaĂ®tre d’art – Class of 2008. This distinguished plumassier, takes her experience of preparing and working with ornamental plumes and feathers to new highs, with a masterful sense of color and volume.
Guerlain commissioned nine “MaĂ®tres d’art” of the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art of France. Giving them full artistic freedom to create whatever they could envision to centre around a one litre bee bottle. The resulting incarnations are truly the epitome of one of a kind masterpieces.
The unique bottles were on display at the Maison Guerlain, 68, Champs-ÉlysĂ©es, from the 10th of December 2013 to the 14th of February 2014 and were showcased in photo and video exhibitions in Guerlain’s Exclusive Line Doors in 2014. They will be sold to help fund the “MaĂ®tres d’art – Students” project, in which master artists pass down rare and exceptional skills to apprentices, overseen by the Institut National des MĂ©tiers d’Art (INMA). You can read more about the INMA online.
Nelly Saunier, MaĂ®tre d’art – Class of 2008. This distinguished plumassier, takes her experience of preparing and working with ornamental plumes and feathers to new highs, with a masterful sense of color and volume.
From Guerlain:
“La Cage aux Oiseaux et aux Abeilles” (“The Bird and Bee Cage”)
Taking up the form of the iconic bottle, a golden structure reveals delicate feather marquetry that embraces the chiselled metal. The feather decoration fitted into the extremely precise cut-outs is stunning. With an effect of colours and contrasts, matt and iridescent variations between light and dark areas, the effect is mesmerising. Through the openwork dome, one can glimpse a silky, feathery nest on which the Bee bottle is perched, like a bird ready to take flight into lyricism.
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