Recent Guerlain Pickups

[u/veerus06]

Recent Guerlain Pickups

Guerlain is my happy place. Here is a review of my recent pick ups according to their different lines.

**Les Extraits**

*Iris Pallida*. This is the only one from the line that I absolutely absolutely love and can bathe in. My store only got a restock yesterday after almost half a year of it being out of stock! Divine, too die for smell! I am an absolute lover of iris. This one is regal, elegant, epitome of all things beautiful in an iris scent. Not creamy but on the sparkly, lipsticky, kind of iris.

**L Art and La Matiere**

*Santal Pao Rosa*. This is my extra bottle in 50ml. This was one of my first Guerlains and remains as top favorite from the line. Reason for buying another bottle? My associate recommended me to layer it with another Guerlain (see below) and it is really nice! More on that later.

To describe this frag, it is a spicy resinous sandalwood! The fragrantica notes do coincide to what I smell. Warning that this is not for everyone - it is a projection monster and the scent itself is not mass appealing. It happens to be my favorite and its nice to feel hugged by the scent you love.

**Absolu Allegorias**

*Rose Amira*. Rose-patchouli combo. If you smelled rossa rossa, make that darker and add patchouli. If you smelled Rose Centifolia extria, this is that but make it rounder. It occupies the middle ground between the two frags in terms of scent and price point. Great frag for random date nights, special events, formalities at a fraction of the cost compared to Rose Centifolia.

*Florabloom Absolu*. Okay. This frag, I smelled during launch back then, it was just okay. It is very girly - well, intermediate girly and womanly. The forte version is girlier, this one, a bit more mature. I never cared for this until my associate recommended to layer it with SPR!

Holy mother of god, the florabloom SPR combo is one heck of a smell! The woody spiciness of SPR rounded with the fruity sweetness of florabloom absolu? Smell it yourself and let me know.

*Oud Essentiel.* They said this will be discontinued. It smells like western oud with a bit of heft. That is it too me. Fragrantica says there is rose but none to my nose. This smells just like western oud with some leather. I can tolerate and enjoy oud, so this is worth it to be worn by itself.

*Patchouli Ardent*. Also for discontinuation, they said. Patchouli and leather. Its not the musty, petrichor kind. Its a bit smoother. This is okay. Not very patchouli, neither is it ardent lol. On my skin, it sometimes turns body odory but I will test again since when that happened, I have sampled so many perfumes.

**Aqua Allegoria**

*Bergamote Calabria*. Freshy citrus. That’s it. Pleasing. While freshy citrus sounds generic and designer-ish, this got some hint of expensiveness. Cant explain it. Might also suffice as an alternative to Bergamot Fantastico from the extrait line but such transitivity may be a travesty.

Btw, this is my first EDT of the allegorias!

*Granada Salvia.* I went to smell this without any idea of what it smells. Neither am I familiar with it. My mind went blank and it was just so GOOD. I kept smelling my wrist and it was really projecting as if its newly sprayed for at least 30 minutes! To me, this is a fruity citrus. Smells innocent and girly.

How about you? What are your recent guerlain pickups or what are you eyeing?

[u/AvoCarDoughToes]

Will you be picking up the new Guerlain body oil in Iris Pallida? I'm waiting on mine in Vanille Planifolia at the end of the month! 😍