Guerlain Perfume & Women's Fragrance
Guerlain is an esteemed French perfume house founded in 1828. Their perfumes are recognized as some of the best in the world and over the nearly 200 years they have been in business they have a leader in innovation, being the first to experiment with synthetic substances in scents and introducing the gourmand fragrance.
The house can trace its origins to a small perfume studio opened by chemist Pierre Francois Pascale Guerlain. It wasn't long before Pierre's imaginative scent creations caught the interest of Paris most influential people and he was soon able to open a second store, finding himself creating bespoke perfumes and colognes for royals like Napoleon III and his wife, as well as Queen Victoria herself. The perfume Guerlain created for Napoleon III's wife Empress Eguenie is still available for purchase as Eau de Cologne Impériale (1860).
The role of master perfumer was inherited within the family. It was the third master perfumer of the Guerlain line who would really make the brands modern legacy. Jacques Guerlain was a classically educated and extremely secretive perfume genius who had been brought up to become master perfumer as his uncle had no offspring of his own. He would designed around four hundred influential perfumes, many which remain popular to this day, but he never held a interview or made public appearances. Many of his fragrances were directly inspired by literature and art. Among his most famous Guerlain perfumes are L’Heure Bleue (1912), a soft perfume with aniseed and floral notes inspired by impressionism, Mitsuoko (1919), an oriental mystery of a scent with cool notes of citrus, on warm cinnamon and wood and the powdery amber scent Shalimar (1925) which was one of the first fragrances to be based on vanilla which is commonplace now but extremely unusual at the time. The vanillin-drenched juice used to create Guerlains sweet fragrances was called Guerlinade and has been a part of most of their creations. The latter two are still among the Guerlains best-selling fragrances and especially Shalimar has endured and is considered the basis of modern women's perfumery by some.
He continued creating until the 1950's and his last perfume was created with his successor, grandson Jean-Paul Guerlain, who would be the last Guerlain master perfumer to be part of the family. Jean-Paul is behind scents like Chamade (1969) and the floral Samsara (1989), as well as a large number of fragrances for men.
Guerlain was acquired by the LVMH, the luxury conglomerate which owns Dior, Givenchy, Luis Vuitton and many others, in 1994. Many perfume fans feared that this would mean the brand would become commercial and cheap but Guerlain has carried on just as before. It is still largely managed independently but the change has meant that new perfumers have been brought in, including Olivier Cresp and Thierry Wasser, the new master perfumer. La Petite Robe Noire (2009), a lovely youthful perfume with cherry, liquorice, berries and bergamot, is a more modern Guerlain fragrance and has been very successful, being released in many limited editions since the debút.
I had bought this perfume previously but as it was not in the usual red bottle i sent it back ( twice) I found out that they had changed the bottle and not the perfume. I love the product. It was great value as well which always helps. i will back for more.
I am delighted with my Mitsouko perfume - it was a favourite of my mother's too. Not easy to find, so I feel very happy to get it at such a reasonable price! Beautifully packed, it arrived swiftly, and I would recommend this Company very highly.
I was looking for a spicy scent and I am trying this for the first time. It is quite a classic scent, mostly floral and only slightly spicy. Not as sweet as some other perfumes. It has an almost dusty smell when initially applied. I'm still not sure whether I love it or not. It reminds me of the scent of baby products - brings happy memories!
a great product at a great price . I will be looking to buy more products in the near future .
I've been using this perfume since 2013 and wherever I go people ask about it. Sweet and strinking.
Shalimar is a true classic beauty, its a vanilla oriental/gourmand. Gorgeous, comforting, sophisticated smoke. Too beautiful for words.
I was amazed at how fast I received the product. It's my favourite perfume, and this price was much cheaper than anything else online or locally at the time of purchase. Thank you!
Rounded powdery rosy floral bliss followed by a vanilla that isn't sweet but deeply sensual. The base seems closer to classic Shalimar but this is an easier and lighter wear than Initial.
The scent is incredible. It's scent is unique and difficult to pin down or compare to other perfumes. Its simply a beautiful perfume.
Guerlain Timeline
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