The very sporty Guerlain masculine, L’Homme Idéal Sport. In your view, what is the definition of the ideal man? Now that is quite a question! This definition is undoubtedly different for each woman. Also, as if to symbolize this diversity of masculine perfection, Guerlain keeps reinventing its fragrance.
For the Guerlain house, time has no hold over the creativity of its fragrances. As early as the 19th century, Guerlain knew how to offer what the men and women of the era wanted, and the family saga will never stop keeping the success of this fine house alive. In the 2010s, it was La Petite Robe Noire that would win over women's hearts… But L'Homme Idéal of 2014 would not be left behind, and its sporty variation, L'Homme Idéal Sport, from 2017, still signed by Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk, would only enhance its magnificent aura!
L'Homme Idéal Sport, or sporty chic according to Thierry Wasser for Guerlain
The magnificent and so prolific Guerlain house not only possesses an extraordinary olfactory heritage made of cult fragrances but has also had the immense privilege of welcoming into its ranks perfumers who remain just as talented and creative, and who have managed to keep this house's aura alive. One might have feared that the departure of the last perfumer descended from the Guerlain family, Jean-Paul Guerlain, would bring a decline in success or creativity, but with Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk, that would have been impossible.
The duo of perfumers faced a considerable challenge: to keep the Guerlain star shining by drawing on both its past and its innovative values. By bringing Shalimar back to life and by offering La Petite Robe Noire or L'Homme Idéal, Thierry Wasser proved himself worthy of his status as house perfumer, even though he is not a Guerlain by blood.
For L'Homme Idéal, Thierry Wasser dared to contrast intense, aromatic freshness with sensual woody notes, binding them together with a touch of amaretto that is divinely gourmand and divinely daring. Later on, L'Homme Idéal would transform, but it kept the beauty of all its facets, notably in L'Homme Idéal Sport, which offers a very chic and very sophisticated vision of the sporty fragrance according to Guerlain.
To reveal the sporty potential of the Eau de Toilette, the Guerlain house offers a boost of vivacity through almond, characteristic of L'Homme Idéal. Guerlain, on L'Homme Idéal Sport.
Intense freshness and sophisticated florals for a multifaceted L'Homme Idéal Sport
L'Homme Idéal was the multiplicity of scented faces gathered into a single fragrance, as if the ideal man were somewhat a marriage of multiple qualities, of multiple ingredients… olfactory ones, of course! Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk kept the marriage of opposites for L'Homme Idéal Sport but managed to transform the famous amaretto accord to make it sharper, more invigorating.
Thus L'Homme Idéal Sport still opens on the very fresh departure of its elder, though the spotlight is mainly given to citrus and the fresh molecule. At the heart, neroli flower plays the surprise guest, carrying off the sharp black pepper and the refreshing aquatic notes in a floral, sophisticated swirl punctuated by powerful aldehydes. Finally, the very Guerlain woody depths remain, but this time for L'Homme Idéal Sport they blend into notes of coumarin and evernyl, bringing a powerful gust of animalic iodine to this energetic and virile man.