Guerlain’s La Petite Robe Noire, the 2009 limited distribution perfume inspired by the wardrobe basic “the little black dress”, has been reworked and will be relaunched this spring in general distribution…
Guerlain has launched Myrrhe et Délires, the latest addition to their L’Art et la Matière collection. The new fragrance focuses on Somalian myrrh…
Guerlain has launched Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas, the second in the series that began with last year’s Idylle Duet, which focused on rose and patchouli. Both fragrances are flankers to the original Guerlain Idylle, which launched in 2009…
This winter has been an unpredictable one, so far, in the Mid-Atlantic region: no snow, mild temperatures, weirdly fluctuating humidity. It happens to suit my current state of mind: for me, the year opened on several notes of personal and professional disappointment, when nothing turned out quite as I expected it to.
However, wearing (and writing about!) perfume is always a reassurance to me. And over the past week or two, the temperature has finally dropped (and stayed low); we even received a light (if fleeting) layer of snow one night. Maybe something, even if it’s just the weather, will get back on track. Here, then, is my highly subjective list of ten fragrances that have been keeping me company during this season.
In the past I’ve thought of Guerlain Après l’Ondée as a springtime fragrance, but this year I realized that it’s also a good fit for where-is-winter days that alternate between chilly rain and pale sunlight…
The elegant 75-year-old [Jean-Paul] Guerlain told the court it was an “imbecilic” remark. “I am from another generation,” he said, so part of the remark was “a common expression at the time.” He also said he did so during a TV interview because he “wanted to make the journalist laugh and I regret it.” “I was anything but racist,” he said, standing before the court with the help of crutches.
— Perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain, who was on trial in France yesterday for a racist remark he made in an interview in October 2010. Read more at Guerlain perfume heir accused of racism in trial at Yahoo.
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