Just a quick post to point out how similar Guerlain's spring Cruel Gardenia highlighting powder is to Laura Mercier's Rose Rendezvous palette from the holidays. What's going on here? How did these two items with a nearly identical design manage... Read more →

For the 2009 holiday season Guerlain Creative Director Olivier Échaudemaison wanted to create a collection that signified royalty but was still relevant to the modern woman. The star of the collection is the Météorites Perles Impériales, which houses their signature... Read more →

Guerlain's Les Ors collection for the 2010 holiday season is an elegant ode to their signature bee motif. In 1853 Pierre-Francois-Pascal Guerlain created a citrus scent for Napoleon III's wife, the Empress Eugénie. Eau de Cologne Impériale was housed in... Read more →

Guerlain released this highlighting powder, Parure de Nuit, as the crown jewel of their holiday collection. The wispy, delicate striations of cascading feathers and the soft pink, coral and blue tones make me think this might be more appropriate for... Read more →

Oooh, two makeup brands coming out with mosaic-inspired bronzers. You know what that means!! Ding ding! Time for an old-fashioned makeup design SMACKDOWN! Awwww yeah, it's ON! (We are way overdue - the last MM battle took place in 2009!)... Read more →

While I majored in art history in college, the only non-European and U.S. art I studied was African - ancient South American art wasn't offered. For shame! Investigating this Guerlain collection was a lot of fun and now I have... Read more →

When I first saw this palette (or rather, all 6 of them, each named for a Guerlain boutique in Paris) I didn't think much of it. It's a pretty cut-out pattern, but nothing spectacular or all that interesting. After doing... Read more →

Guerlain takes us from the cold recesses of Russia for their fall lineup to warm up in the Far East with their spring collection, Cherry Blossom. Meant to evoke "'La Vie En Rose' with an Asian twist" the stand-outs clearly... Read more →

I've been really enjoying these Guerlain eye shadow compacts that have patterns on each of the four shadows. Their latest features a fairly abstract interpretation of leaves you might find growing deep within the jungle. This palette definitely reminds me... Read more →

Since the outer casing looks so architectural, I found it a little hard to believe that the new Rouge G by Guerlain was designed by jeweler Lorenz Baumer. It reminds me of some futuristic space capsule, or an oval-shaped skyscraper.... Read more →