Rimbaud Celine 2022

Hedi Slimane can certainly not be denied one thing: that he works or has worked very successfully for his respective ventures and companies. Dior, YSL, self-discovery phases and processes, and now he is supposed to finally bring Celine into shape. This will also work, as he is now allowed to almost dictate everything (with) and is also leading the release of the new perfume creations of the house.

His bottle design is classic - Chanel-like-private-influenced - and beautifully staged. Quality glass and a heavy magnetic cap adorn the latest offspring of the Celine family.

I was curious not only about the beautiful other Celine perfumes but also about the fragrance named after the poet Arthur Rimbaud. Rimbaud himself: a consistently gifted individual, who throughout his life wrote poetry full of restlessness, adventured, and was also very successful as a businessman - always in search of a new identity.

This may now also be found in the Celine portfolio: After the statements that the Celine scents under Slimane have definitely been able to set olfactorily (Celine DNA with vanilla and lily plant iris), Rimbaud starts off quite softly from the beginning.
The cool lavender has enough space at the start to secure its place and brings one of Slimane's favorite plants back to the forefront for the first time. Caution: on plain paper, lavender remains dominant for a long time, but on skin, it is quickly overtaken by the iris - without losing its way. Memories of Eau Noire by Dior come to mind, where a bit more was dared - however, the two fragrances have nothing in common, I also do not smell the often-read DHI, as only the iris is associative...

Neroli crouches off the path, the Celine vanilla grounds the cool, gentle scent and warms it towards the end. I was reminded of Miya Shinma's "Yuki," and a comparison with Tom Ford's "Lavender Extreme" would also be fitting, which is just much more lavender-forward and without the iris antagonist. The advertised wheat note I can only slightly detect here, perhaps it keeps the sweetness of the vanilla in check - Rimbaud does not become too sweet, after all.

Slimane succeeds as the main responsible party in creating a beautifully light lavender iris, which quietly - but certainly - expresses its opinion and wonderfully showcases the interplay of both major ingredients, without being just a mild breeze.