Guerlain's recent bottle art

Hi all, I am a big lover of Guerlain but I am critical of two things: the way their bulb atomizers ruin perfumes and their newest "street art" bottles.

I had two brand new bottles of Art & Matiere scents ruined by what I presume was air entering the bottle through the bulb atomizer. Also, the quadrilobe bottle with the bulb atomizer allows perfume to leak. I lost a third bottle when the full bottle of perfume leaked from the top hole of the atomizer. Has anyone else had this problem?

Secondly, I find the street art bottles ugly and totally mismatched to Guerlain's style. I understand that maybe this is an attempt to be hip and that everyone has their own taste. How do others feel about the bottle art?

Hi ScentedSalon. I'm just preparing to explore Guerlain and don't have many FB's. My L'Heure Bleue is in that tall golden canister. I have an Aqua Allegoria in the bee bottle and a vintage Mitsuoko in the stopper bottle. No leaks so far. No bulb atomizers or quadrilobes yet. Wasser put his recreations in them I think. What a shame if they're leaking! I'd contact Guerlain about it since you may have defective bottles. Here's Guerlain's explanation of the graffiti. There's also a YouTube video in French.

Thanks for that. Good luck on your Guerlain exploration. It is so exciting! I can understand why they went in another direction with this artist but I just don't like the way the bottles look. It will appeal to many, I should imagine.

I don't think I got defective bottles since all of the bulb atomizers had the same problem. I bought them from a reputable store so I think it's just the way the atomizer is made: it is not a tight seal.

I'm not a vintage perfume lover, even if it is Guerlain, but if I might be so bold, I would recommend the Art & Matiere line as well as Les Elixirs Charnels.

Those bulb atomisers are renown for causing evaporation, I don't even trust the sprayers that come with those bottles so I always decant around 10 ml and refill accordingly.
I'm so sorry you found out the hard way.

As for the bottle art, I have no real feelings one way or the other.

Thanks for the suggestions, ScentedSalon. I had one of the Les Elixirs Charnels and all but one of the L'Art et la Matiere. Missing ones on order.

I should have known the bulb atomizers are no good. As soon as I open a bottle top now, I insert the sprayer and don't take it out again. Ortherwise too much air gets in.

I love Gourmand Coquin and Spiritueuse Double Vanille the best of all the Elixirs and Matieres. I wish the SDV would be sold in the old bottle that looks like an ancient liquor cask.