Dispatch from the Guerlain counter. Last week, I popped in for their holiday event and I stopped by the Guerlain counter to smell the new extraits. First, we sprayed on paper and then one made the cut for the skin test.
The Iris is a cold take on the iris, not too purple, more a crisp blue. No lipstick in this bottle.
The bergamot is zingy, I liked it, and I know it would be great in the summer.
The tonka is sweet.
The rose is rosy. Honestly, maybe the only one I’d skip for sure because it’s not hard to find a good rose.
The jasmine one is indolic.
Finally – the surprise winner was the vanilla. Cozy and rich without being too sweet. It didn’t last very long, but I just had one spray and smelled a lot that day.
Honestly, these are extraits but they’re wearing like eau de Parfum. For the price… I’d rather a bottle of Diaghilev… or Shalimar Extrait… or Coromandel Parfum…
