Like each year, Guerlain releases its anniversary Muguet (Lily of the Valley) perfume (see the
2006 edition). Tomorrow April 30th, you will be able to discover the 2009 version in the Guerlain boutiques worldwide, but for just one day. Guerlain traditionally releases a muguet scent each year in anticipation of the 1st of May when sprigs of muguet are exchanged as charming tokens of spring renewal and good luck in France. As if mimicking the ephemeral quality of the fragile muguet scent which is both strong and little-lasting over the days, the Guerlain Muguet is like a bouquet of lily of the valleys to be enjoyed for a short span of time. Subtitled "
Un Jour, Un Parfum"(One Day, One Perfume), the one-day launch is an event charged with both traditional symbolism and luxury acumen.
How It WaftsThe opening of Muguet 2009 is quite literally and pleasantly soapy (it smells like a refined soap), almost bubbly like Badedas fizz, fresh, green (grassy), but at the same time contrasted with raspy and indolic, almost masculine jasmine notes. Soon a more dramatic sense of intoxication and amorous abandon of the senses momentarily concludes the opening stage.
This beginning I see as an olfactory shock meant to provoke an emotion in the smeller/wearer. It is a way of telling you, "see what I am capable of", but the perfume soon calms down.
Le Muguet by Guerlain immediately appears to be a stylized yet natural-smelling muguet.The stylization effect rests on both exaggerated traits and added-on ones. There is an enhanced indolic accord of honeyed lilac and muguet mingling with softer green and white floral notes and more angular, sharper leather and nail-polish notes surfacing from the base then overtaking the stage. This "violence" or tempest, in a bottle, soon recedes while the underlying, heavier floral notes remain of a raw, raspy, bold nature...
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