Fieldnotes ~ House of Guerlain ~ Muguet 2014

 

 

On days like this when the sun is shining bright, I can almost feel the soil rustle beneath my feet. Truly If I shut my eyes and sniff the air, I can almost smell the sap running. It's been a long cold winter and finally I think that the end may be in site. If that's the case and in the truly hedonistic fashion that you've all come to expect, It's time for something splendid and new.  In my world this means that it may finally be time to succumb to most romantic perfume that I can think of which would be the very exclusive Guerlain Muguet 2014. I almost was persuaded to purchase one of the last bottles of 2013 when I was in New York last month, but I decided to wait. If you've never smelled this, it is absolutely transcendent. It is incredibly pricey, but it's worth it. It is the purest , sweetest  story of the ethereal Lily of the Valley that I've ever heard told. 

 

Guerlain's Muguet comes out every year on May Day in honor of the fresh Lily of the Valley blossoms that are presented as good luck charms on that day throughout all of France.This year it is going to be a Beltane present to myself and my husband who thought that it was one of the loveliest perfumes that he'd ever smelled.It's a Pagan sort of perfume that hearkens back to a time perhaps a little more primeval.  A fresh tangle of greens, herbs and crisp white  blossoms all I think that It needs to be complete is naked, sun warmed skin and soft cotton sheets. (or an Herme's scarf or three!)

 

I am told that once again this beauty will be available at Bergdorfs....