Idylle
Guerlain launched Idylle in September 2009, Thierry Wasser’s first feminine fragrance as the house perfumer. Around a communelle of Bulgarian roses with hints of raspberry and lychee, he brings together lily of the valley, peony, freesia, lilac and jasmine over a chypre base of patchouli and white musks. Persolaise finds its diffusion astonishing; Victoria, of Bois de Jasmin, expected more.
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Guerlain introduced Idylle in September 2009. Thierry Wasser, now the house perfumer, signed his first feminine fragrance with it, and Guerlain describes it as a dream of love, the embodiment of a fleeting romance.
A bouquet and a rose
The perfumer says he imagined a fresh, joyful bouquet, like a hymn to love, dominated by a communelle of Bulgarian roses, a blend specific to Guerlain, of flowers harvested at daybreak. He paired it with the sensuality of chypre.
Idylle breaks with the house’s expected manner: neither a sumptuous oriental nor an emphatic Guerlinade, but a luminous floral designed for wide distribution. Guerlain now places it in its Les Légendaires collection, as a 75 ml eau de parfum.
Olfactory pyramid
- Top notesThe first minutes
- Heart notesThe heart of the perfume
- Base notesWhat lingers
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The advertising
Nora Arnezeder in the golden rain
Paolo Roversi films Nora Arnezeder singing Singin’ in the Rain under a shower of golden drops.
For the launch, Guerlain entrusted the campaign to photographer Paolo Roversi, on television and in print. Actress and singer Nora Arnezeder dances in it under a shower of golden drops, echoing the bottle.
She sings a reorchestrated version of Singin’ in the Rain herself. The film aired on television and in cinemas from September 2009.
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