ICONIC FRENCH HOUSE GUERLAIN RELEASES  ORIENTAL FRAGRANCE EPICES EXQUISES

The century-long love story between the iconic French house and the East continues. Guerlain’s Master Perfumer Thierry Wasser introduces the new scent EPICES EXQUISES to the ABSOLUS D’ORIENT collection, taking us on an olfactory journey; an explosion of precious spices at the heart of this “woody, spicy, smoky” scent that will be available from April 2022.

“With Épices Exquises I wanted to re-transcribe the surprising scent of the irresistibly spicy cardamom coffee I’m given every time I visit the Middle East. This coffee’s unique blend of spices fills my memory with deliciously contrasting sensations: at the top, fresh accents of cardamom mingle with a warm, peppery, sensual base. It’s an intoxicating fragrance.” – Thierry Wasser, Guerlain Master Perfumer

Together, the sublimely surprising contrast between warmth and freshness, and the explosion of noble spices leave an exquisite scent on the skin.

This year, Epices Exquises comes in a precious gem-like package created by Calligrapher Tarek Benaoum, reinterpreting the iconic Guerlain Double G that evokes a shimmering gust of wind sweeping across the desert dunes, on an ochre and gold bottle reminiscent of the warmth and riches of the East.

For Delphine Jelk, the house perfumer who contributed to the creation of this latest opus, Epices Exquises is “a creation that breathes both warmth and coolness, as the freshness of cardamom spices and pink pepper come into contact with fiery black pepper {…} with oud and patchouli notes.”