Wonderful piece! I love perfume. It’s such a personal thing. As a student, I had a Saturday job promoting perfumes in a department store. An older lady on the Guerlain counter explained to me how the chemistry of scent works and how scent will smell different on each person due to the slightly different Ph of their skin. Hence how some perfumes smell atrocious on one person but fine on another.
Guerlain are one of the few remaining true perfume houses - they don’t make washing-up liquid or detergent. Just perfume. I love that Jicky by Guerlain was Brigitte Bardot’s signature scent when she was at her most resplendent. Bardot is one of my Immortals. I used to wear Jicky in the hope that some of her glory would rub off on me.
My signature perfume is Shalimar by Guerlain. I’ve worn it at all the big occasions of my life. Graduations, engagement, marriage, birth of children, deaths of loved ones. I’ll be wearing it when I pass away. The old ones are the best.
That is so interesting! I wonder if it impacts how long perfumes last too, I often find that perfumes don't have very much longevity on me.
They also seem to have done a very good job of keeping their perfumes affordable as well, while a lot of similar perfume houses have raised their prices considerably, you can still buy the classics from Guerlain for such a reasonable price.
I should have expected such classy choices from you! Shalimar seems to be such a clear favourite, but unfortunately I struggle with the vanilla in it (and vanilla in general I guess), but I love its animalic quality. I'm a huge fan of Le Lion by Chanel. It bares a lor of similarity to Shalimar but without the vanillic base. I hope that one day I can afford a bottle!
I'm so glad that you enjoyed it and that it brought back good memories!
Mitsouko is such a beauty! I'm a huge fan of chypres. About two years ago I saw in an antique shop a small bottle of vintage Mitsouko. It was before I knew about IFRA regulations and reformulations in perfumery and I could just kick myself for leaving it there!
Wonderful piece! I love perfume. It’s such a personal thing. As a student, I had a Saturday job promoting perfumes in a department store. An older lady on the Guerlain counter explained to me how the chemistry of scent works and how scent will smell different on each person due to the slightly different Ph of their skin. Hence how some perfumes smell atrocious on one person but fine on another.
Guerlain are one of the few remaining true perfume houses - they don’t make washing-up liquid or detergent. Just perfume. I love that Jicky by Guerlain was Brigitte Bardot’s signature scent when she was at her most resplendent. Bardot is one of my Immortals. I used to wear Jicky in the hope that some of her glory would rub off on me.
My signature perfume is Shalimar by Guerlain. I’ve worn it at all the big occasions of my life. Graduations, engagement, marriage, birth of children, deaths of loved ones. I’ll be wearing it when I pass away. The old ones are the best.
Thank you!
That is so interesting! I wonder if it impacts how long perfumes last too, I often find that perfumes don't have very much longevity on me.
They also seem to have done a very good job of keeping their perfumes affordable as well, while a lot of similar perfume houses have raised their prices considerably, you can still buy the classics from Guerlain for such a reasonable price.
I should have expected such classy choices from you! Shalimar seems to be such a clear favourite, but unfortunately I struggle with the vanilla in it (and vanilla in general I guess), but I love its animalic quality. I'm a huge fan of Le Lion by Chanel. It bares a lor of similarity to Shalimar but without the vanillic base. I hope that one day I can afford a bottle!
It brought back memories of mine and my sister's long running obsession with Guerlain perfumes.
My personal favourite was Mitsouko.
Chamade suited my sister perfectly but she couldn't be persuaded. She fell, instead, for the less subtle attractions of Shalimar.
Thanks for a very evocative piece.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed it and that it brought back good memories!
Mitsouko is such a beauty! I'm a huge fan of chypres. About two years ago I saw in an antique shop a small bottle of vintage Mitsouko. It was before I knew about IFRA regulations and reformulations in perfumery and I could just kick myself for leaving it there!