Cuir Béluga Guerlain 2005

If I had to choose a fragrance that I could take with me to a desert island, it would be this dream of a fragrance, or the Angélique Noire
I always go back and forth depending on my mood.
The Cuir Béluga is simply out of this world.
When you read the individual components, you would never dream that everything would come together to form this divine blend. I was initially skeptical about the suede in particular, because I usually find leather in fragrances disturbing. But here it is a velvety-soft, cuddly leather that has been sprinkled with the typical Guerlain vanilla.
When I signed up here years ago, just as Corona was putting out its feelers, it was my first fragrance that I tested beyond the designer fragrances, and after the first spray I was anything but convinced. I simply couldn't do anything with it, it just smelled strange to my untrained nose. I went to sleep with the sample spray on my wrist and when I woke up the next day, I was blown away. Not only was it still perceptible after 7 hours, the scent had cast a spell over me. Guerlain's vanilla is out of this world anyway, but in combination with the delicate suede, the fresh mandarin (briefly at the beginning), the dry strawflower, the amber and the hint of patch as a base, the result is a composition that is second to none. I'm sure it smells exactly like this in my heaven.