So today I finally handed in the research thesis I've been working on for 9 months and even though I was dying of sleep deprivation, I decided to go reward myself by dropping by the Guerlain Boutique in Westmount of Montreal.
All I can say is......... OH MY GOD. I have never felt so much like a kid in a candy store in my whole life. It was raining outside so I had the whole boutique and the SA all to myself for an hour and a half. The first thing I asked to smell was Spiritueuse Double Vanille - which got me off to a great start with the SA. The SA was not only chic, but she had a french accent when she spoke french as opposed to a quebecois accent (the former is much more classy).
I stayed there for a full hour basically asking: "Est-ce que je pourrais sentir celle la aussi?" (translation: Can I smell that one too?). And she would go: "Behn oui! J'adore celle la" (Of course, I love that one). I think the SA and I were both equally intrigued by each other; I was surprised at how she kept offering classics over the newer fragrances to someone of my age (I'm 23 and look very young), while she was shocked by how someone my age actually liked them. I also knew what I was talking about (and quite frankly, I had more fragrance knowledge than her but I played dumb every once in a while).
I must have tried 50% of the whole store, and I liked EVERYTHING. Even the poo-poo Jicky and the animalic Mouchoir de Monsieur. I have fallen head over heels for this house.
Not to mention they had almost every fragrance ever released including Derby and all of the Paris exclusives. I didn't get to smell Derby cuz' she only had one unopened bottle left, but I tried:
Mouchoir de Monsieur
No. 68
L'eau Imperiale
L'eau du coq
L'instant de Guerlain Homme
Jicky
Spiritueuse Double Vanille
Cuir Beluga
Half of the Aqua Allegoria line
Bois D'armenie
La Petite Robe Noire
The rest I don't even remember the names of, but I also tried fragrance spray for linen which was exquisite!
The irony of it all was that I left with a bottle of L'instant, a fragrance that I find to be truly amazing, but that doesn't quite capture the classic magic of Guerlain. At least it has some Guerlinade to it.
If you ever drop by Montreal, this is the place to go!
. Feel free to PM for details or directions if you're ever coming down.
All I can say is......... OH MY GOD. I have never felt so much like a kid in a candy store in my whole life. It was raining outside so I had the whole boutique and the SA all to myself for an hour and a half. The first thing I asked to smell was Spiritueuse Double Vanille - which got me off to a great start with the SA. The SA was not only chic, but she had a french accent when she spoke french as opposed to a quebecois accent (the former is much more classy).
I stayed there for a full hour basically asking: "Est-ce que je pourrais sentir celle la aussi?" (translation: Can I smell that one too?). And she would go: "Behn oui! J'adore celle la" (Of course, I love that one). I think the SA and I were both equally intrigued by each other; I was surprised at how she kept offering classics over the newer fragrances to someone of my age (I'm 23 and look very young), while she was shocked by how someone my age actually liked them. I also knew what I was talking about (and quite frankly, I had more fragrance knowledge than her but I played dumb every once in a while).
I must have tried 50% of the whole store, and I liked EVERYTHING. Even the poo-poo Jicky and the animalic Mouchoir de Monsieur. I have fallen head over heels for this house.
Not to mention they had almost every fragrance ever released including Derby and all of the Paris exclusives. I didn't get to smell Derby cuz' she only had one unopened bottle left, but I tried:
Mouchoir de Monsieur
No. 68
L'eau Imperiale
L'eau du coq
L'instant de Guerlain Homme
Jicky
Spiritueuse Double Vanille
Cuir Beluga
Half of the Aqua Allegoria line
Bois D'armenie
La Petite Robe Noire
The rest I don't even remember the names of, but I also tried fragrance spray for linen which was exquisite!
The irony of it all was that I left with a bottle of L'instant, a fragrance that I find to be truly amazing, but that doesn't quite capture the classic magic of Guerlain. At least it has some Guerlinade to it.
If you ever drop by Montreal, this is the place to go!
. Feel free to PM for details or directions if you're ever coming down.
