Cologne Forte: does Delphine Jelk reinvent the Guerlain almond for 2025? In January 2025, Guerlain presented L'Homme Idéal Cologne Forte, a new limited-edition interpretation signed by Delphine Jelk, the house's perfumery creative director. An icy grapefruit meets the signature almond over a smoky incense-vetiver base. The marketing concept promises a bold paradox: fresh like an eau de cologne but strong like an eau de parfum, an unprecedented fire-and-ice dynamic. Do the first tester reviews confirm the creative ambition, or is the L'Homme Idéal collection suffering from excessive proliferation?