04/23/2018

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Death by apple? (News in Snow White case...)
I have to come down slowly - from my pro-Guerlain attitude. There are other excellent manufacturers of fragrances! But just lately Guerlain has been producing so many bangers, it doesn't stop there. The post-LVMH lull is probably finally over now and the intention to take over the perfume world domination isn't that far-fetched. The opening of numerous pure Guerlain boutiques is in the works, and events for this year's 190th anniversary are already in the gun barrel. This will be a year! Happy.
Oh, yes, there's a new météorites scent. There were already two of them, whereby one was a room fragrance and only available as a luxury gift, and the other one has been off the market for a long time. The latter, a "mass market" - but limited - fragrance came out around the year 2000 and, like the room fragrance Guerlain's Megaseller face powder (pearls or pressed) of the same name, was to be perfumed, which was also fabulously successful.
So now a new edition was announced. But... howwhat? - with apple flavour! Apple in scent is one of my fear enemies! Apple! Acidic, acetonic to pungent, artificial, Schauma shampoo from the 70s, Appelkorn, everything bah.
I hardly dared... but the bottle! So pretty! Like the girls' version of Terracotta Le Parfum. Pink, pastel with satin label. Ok, eyes closed and through...
The first second is freshly powdered, not yet exactly crumbled up. Then the poisoned apple rolls up Stop, it's not poisoned. It's not artificial either. A little appley pink lady sweetness, that's all, bedded on rice powder, dry and beautiful. Very skiny, though. If you wanted more of this rice powder note, you'd have to go for Traversée du Bosphore.
The fragrance also remains skin-tight and unobtrusive in its further development: the apple is completely gone after 1 hour at the latest, then it is only summer powdery, like terracotta, the cosmetics line.
All in all a very nice scent, which smells of vacation, sun and care. The only drawback: Too weak for me. But maybe I'm a little nose blind at the moment, because of too many quite rude guerlains lately
Oh, yes, there's a new météorites scent. There were already two of them, whereby one was a room fragrance and only available as a luxury gift, and the other one has been off the market for a long time. The latter, a "mass market" - but limited - fragrance came out around the year 2000 and, like the room fragrance Guerlain's Megaseller face powder (pearls or pressed) of the same name, was to be perfumed, which was also fabulously successful.
So now a new edition was announced. But... howwhat? - with apple flavour! Apple in scent is one of my fear enemies! Apple! Acidic, acetonic to pungent, artificial, Schauma shampoo from the 70s, Appelkorn, everything bah.
I hardly dared... but the bottle! So pretty! Like the girls' version of Terracotta Le Parfum. Pink, pastel with satin label. Ok, eyes closed and through...
The first second is freshly powdered, not yet exactly crumbled up. Then the poisoned apple rolls up Stop, it's not poisoned. It's not artificial either. A little appley pink lady sweetness, that's all, bedded on rice powder, dry and beautiful. Very skiny, though. If you wanted more of this rice powder note, you'd have to go for Traversée du Bosphore.
The fragrance also remains skin-tight and unobtrusive in its further development: the apple is completely gone after 1 hour at the latest, then it is only summer powdery, like terracotta, the cosmetics line.
All in all a very nice scent, which smells of vacation, sun and care. The only drawback: Too weak for me. But maybe I'm a little nose blind at the moment, because of too many quite rude guerlains lately
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