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L'INITIAL - EAU DE PARFUM

The fragrance of first times

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The fragrance of first times

Capacity : 75 ML

A legend of first love, trembling with rose, iris and vanilla

From the head L’Initial sparkles with citrus zest and a highly perfumed shower of jasmine petals. The heart then blossoms around a rose absolute overdosed with iris pallida, while the soft, gourmand base delights in a combination of smooth vanilla topped with caramel and paired with delicately sweet tonka bean. All completed with a misty cloud of white musk.

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A rediscovery of Shalimar’s scent, L’Initial takes Shalimar’s spirit and its unforgettable signature to create a fragrance without Shalimar’s opulent sensuality. For Thierry Wasser, paying tribute to this masterpiece in perfumery meant his new fragrance needed “to maintain the alchemy that made it so desirable, illuminate without holding back, transpose without betraying and look to the future while honouring the past.”
Artwork: Pierre Ino, Guerlain Archives, 1956

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Designed by Raymond Guerlain in 1912, its iconic “inverted heart” bottle is underscored with graceful scrolls typical of Art Nouveau. Its avant-garde stopper, in the form of a hollowed heart, evokes the delicate romanticism of this perfumery masterpiece and represented a real technical feat at the time.

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