Limited Holiday Editions

Bvlgari, Cartier, Ralph Lauren, Van Cleef and Arpels, Bond No.9, Guerlain and Thierry Mugler are presenting beautiful flacons ideal for collectors and fans of fragrant treats. Some of the new flacons were created skillfully to capture notes of famous fragrances, while other offer brand new compositions which add up to old editions with the same name.

In the spirit of celebration, Christmas and New Year, I would like to point out Cartier Delices EDP in a new, limited flacon available as 50 ml EDP, colored in red and decorated with golden details. Holiday motifs are reflected in gold details on red glass and seem like the most beautiful decoration on a Christmas tree. The fragrance is available for $100.

Van Cleef and Arpels offers a new fairy fragrance from the Feerie collection (Feerie, Feerie EDT, Feerie Gold). It is available in a dark flacon on a golden branch with a fairy sitting on it. The fragrance appears as a 30 ml perfume extract. The composition includes elegant notes of iris from Florentine, tonka, vanilla and heliotrope from Madagascar. The price of Feerie Gold is $250.

Bvlgari is presenting a jubilant fragrant coffret--The 125th Anniversary Celebration Coffret which includes 15.2 oz Eau de Parfumee au The Vert and 12 oz splash flacon with atomizer. The price of this holiday set is $350.

Guerlain is launching Shalimar -Oiseau de Paradis (Bird of Paradise) in a dark blue flacon decorated with blue feathers.  A harmony of tradition and elegance is reflected in the new design of flacon which glitters in the moonlight. A romantic pair of birds like guardian angels watch over the secret of this beautiful elixir day and night, in gardens of Shalimar. The fragrance is available as 50 ml EDP.

Thierry Mugler offers a new star, Angel Extrait de Parfum, for Christmas and New Year's. The fragrance is available in a fairy-tale-like, enumerated and limited flacon decorated with large Swarovski crystals. The composition is more intense, deeper, intoxicating and very angelic. The perfume is available as a 10 ml extrait de parfum for about $200. Besides the star, Angel Collector Superstar EDP is also available in amounts of 14.2 oz, in a flacon with Swarovski crystals.  It looks like a genuine Christmas tree. Each of the flacons is decorated with up to 250 Swarovski crystals and costs about $3000.

A golden heart with scent of love, Love-The Heart of Gold, is offered by Ralph Lauren. This floral oriental composition encompasses Chinese magnolia, mimosa, Bulgarian rose, May rose, ylang-ylang, amber, sandalwood, iris root, vetiver, patchouli and vanilla, and is available in a heart-shaped flacon in gold nuances. The fragrance arrives as a 50 ml love essence which melts even the coldest hearts.

And a special treat at the end!  Bond No9 offers a limited edition for modern Cinderella's. Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue Shoe Extravaganza is truly extravagant! An enormous shoe is available as a limited edition which encompasses three flacons (50 ml each). They are also limited editions of Andy Warhol Lexinton Avenue created in pink, white and violet, decorated with small shoes painted on glass. The fragrance is created of blue cypress, fennel, baked almonds, crème brulee and milky sandalwood. This unusual set is available for $1300.

(Bond No.9; Neiman Marcus; Sephora.com)