I'd seen several people mention that French Lover / Bois d'Orage had been reformulated in a 9% concentration, and considering it's been one of my absolute favorites over the past year I figured I'd look into trying the 9% incarnation of it (My bottle is labeled 7%, and was purchased at Barney's) I'd emailed Editions de Parfums and asked for some explanation of this, and here is the reply I received"
"Thank you for yourr message.
French Lover was produced for a small series intended for the press in 7% for the Press launch. Then Mister Frederic Malle decided to put it at a concentration of 9% for the public launch in the Parisian Shops in June 2007. However, the first bottles in Europe were false, labelled at 7%, since the new labels carry the mention of the right concentration : 9%. In the United States , the concentration of Bois d'Orage was always 9% since the launch in October 2007.
In hope to have answered to your question.
Best regards
Claire"
This might be old news around these parts by now but I figured I'd pass it on in case anyone else was interested in the 7% -- 9% bottle differences..
"Thank you for yourr message.
French Lover was produced for a small series intended for the press in 7% for the Press launch. Then Mister Frederic Malle decided to put it at a concentration of 9% for the public launch in the Parisian Shops in June 2007. However, the first bottles in Europe were false, labelled at 7%, since the new labels carry the mention of the right concentration : 9%. In the United States , the concentration of Bois d'Orage was always 9% since the launch in October 2007.
In hope to have answered to your question.
Best regards
Claire"
This might be old news around these parts by now but I figured I'd pass it on in case anyone else was interested in the 7% -- 9% bottle differences..
