Métalys

Metallica

Guerlain 2000

Metallica drove me crazy in the year 2000.
It was available at my regular perfumery Kobberger in Frankfurt, three pieces in total, each 250mL EdT for around 500 DM.
I saved my money for so long until I had enough, and on the day I went to the perfumery - it was gone, sold out.

Only then did I realize that it was a one-shot.
Difficult to find back then, today it is only available at horrendous prices.

The bottle is beautiful, with silver bee plates, the golden yellow nectar made the appearance elegant and complete.
Every time I was there, I used the tester until one day it was empty too.

Now, 12 years later, at least 10mL of it have moved in with me, and yes, it has the same mystique, the same allure as back then.

Metallica starts off floral and cool on my skin, somehow aloof.
It vaguely reminds me of Fleur des Comores by Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, which is cheerier and brighter, but also has this blend of flowers, ylang-ylang, and a bit of tonka bean.

Somehow the top and heart notes are quite identical and a bit classic as well, not like the modern, new middle-class fragrances, such as Tonka Imperiale or Angelique Noire.

I really like that, because I also enjoy the classics.
I can clearly smell bergamot, clove, and ylang-ylang, but not the rose at all.

It only brushes against this classic scent but gradually transforms into a deep, unsweetened Guerlain vanilla, which I find a bit in Spiriteuse Double Vanille.

It is a bit sweeter than SDV, but not vanilla pudding or anything like that.
I can still smell a bit of clove and ylang-ylang in the base.

For me, Metallica is a wonderful fragrance, and I could kick myself for not having bought it quickly enough back then.

It’s incomprehensible that even with its relaunch in the Maison Guerlain line as Metalys, it had no success.