L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain Eau de Parfum Spray / 2.5 fl.oz. 75ml

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Compared to her sister Mitsouko, L'heure bleue is less versatile, less elegant, even more feminine, and better for daytime wear.

Every time I feel like wearing it, which is always before bedtime, it takes me to some dusty attic, where I am chatting up a Victorian ghost or something lol. Blended beautifully, nothing too sharp, nothing headache-inducing, yet there are spicy notes and floral notes. Like its heady cousin Mitsouko, L'Heure Bleue is a must in any serious fragrance collection along with many others from this wonderful, traditional, creative and innovative house. And as I continue to smell this perfume I have to conclude that I do love it, but in a reverent sort of way, the way you love your elders, and you do love them, but you will never understand them.I'm positive that this is the latest incarnation of this formula, because it smells noticeably different to any bottle I've owned previously.

And of course, LHB is so very beautiful, sophisticated and timeless, whereas Chanel 5 Edp fades soon to smth. Brace yourself for that wave of melancholy, for it is bound to catch you off guard for sneaking that cheeky glimpse into the grand evening that once was. I thought she was into Obsession but I think she must have worn this perfume too because the smell is incredibly familiar and smells like home. And while that description does sound sweet it is missing the syrupy, heaviness that I associate with gourmands. I imagine if any of my relatives in 1912 had anything to dab on other than bacon grease, they’d have been ecstatic, and if they’d had this, they would have felt like a queen, transported out of the scorching fields or stoves and into another dimension, one where you not only get regular baths, you get to smell like a lady.

The quasi-cherrylike qualities of almond and heliotrope, so forward in LHB, are what's giving you that impression of public toilets. Old classic Guerlains do not work for me, they are too powdery, and, on me, usually too much from another era.

I've been out of the fragrance world for years but have recently started to slowly dip my toe back into the fun testing water. The heart is a complex floral blend dominated by sweet Violets in harmony with Heliotrope, Jasmine, lashings of Bulgarian Rose, soft tones of Ylang-Ylang and Tuberose and powered by Orchid. I've read that this fragrance was inspired by the blue colors used by impressionist painters - it really does feel like opening a capsule into another time. It feels almost disrespectful to even entertain the thought of reaching for this fragrance, for it is a memory from another time- one meant to be preserved in its museum-endorsed glass casing.Many focus on the color blue, which describes the emotional state, but to me that is only a small part of this fragrance. Anyway, both marvelous, really deserve to be tried and worn, there is nothing old in a perfume of such majestic and unique formulation as L’Heure Bleue.

And the yesteryears saw the release of a fragrance named Guerlinade (1921, 1924, the release dates are a bit conflicted), but that is now a relic preserved in the flagship boutique. I believe that L'Heure Bleue inspired few legendary perfumes like Poeme, Vanderbilt, Oscar, or even maybe A Sweet Pastry In Paris by Zara today. the scent did soften quickly on me, into a soft, powdery, super-feminine scent reminiscent of Raffinee or Gloria Vanderbilt but slightly less sweet. I was reading through the reviews, and much to my surprise, it seems that I have not written one about this gorgeous creature! What I love about Guerlain classic fragrances is that the scent doesn't seem, based on the ones I've tested as overbearing.It will be an hour before it reaches that soothing stage, though here it retains a certain carroty spikiness rather than languishing into a soft powder, and I think one will have to like Jasmine quite a bit at close quarters to enjoy the reckless, wind-in-your-hair, convertible ride to that destination; yes it is a sexy ride.