A cult fragrance from Guerlain, La Petite Robe Noire was created in 2009 by Delphine Jelk before being slightly reworked in 2012 by Thierry Wasser, and becoming known worldwide.
Guerlain is today considered one of the greatest perfume houses in the world. It has been creating fragrances for women worldwide for more than a century now. It has made femininity and romanticism its spearhead, and therefore very often places rose at the center of its compositions. Thus, the new La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto is no exception to the rule and delivers the scent of a rose that is more rebellious and sexy than ever. If this translates into a highly contrasted composition, let us take a look at the bottle of this new addition from the house of Guerlain...
La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto, a bottle from another era
While La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto is the very latest creation from the house of Guerlain, its bottle, on the other hand, does not date from yesterday. Indeed, as you probably recognized, it adopts the same silhouette as that of La Petite Robe Noire. Yet the shape of this bottle was not designed in 2009, as one might tend to think. La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto has a bottle whose shape was designed by Raymond Guerlain, in collaboration with Baccarat, in 1912. This container was created for the launch of the fragrance L'Heure Bleue. It was later reused, a few years afterward, for the release of Mitsouko. Today, it has thus been brought back into fashion more than a century after its creation. In other words, this is a genuine tribute to the heritage of the house of Guerlain. La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto has notably kept the house's inverted heart-shaped cap, a true feat of craftsmanship at the time of its launch. Likewise, its comma-shaped shoulders have been preserved, in keeping with the Art Nouveau movement of the last century.
The new elements brought by Guerlain
However, to succeed in launching this new fragrance, La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto had to set itself apart from its predecessors and bring distinguishing elements to its aesthetic. And this, in our view, is precisely where Guerlain achieved a genuine feat. La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto stands at the crossroads of past and present while maintaining a deep harmony. Its authentic style is here paired with a shimmering black lacquer. This gives it intense modernity. Likewise, its rock 'n' roll side is highlighted by a leather-look label adorning its front face. The result is a visual that is both highly chic and bold, thoroughly timeless, and ready to endure through the ages as its predecessors already have before it…