L’Abeille de Guerlain Guerlain for women

I like to say is stop making negative remarks about this perfume. Guerlain came out this is for the die hard fans who have extra bucks to invite this home as one of their Guerlain Bottle Collection, not really for the perfume inside. I seen these people on perfume blogs, proud to show their bottle collection.

More, this bee bottle is made of BACCARAT CRYSTAL. It's not your average glass. It's WAY MUCH BETTER than your AAA grade glass mirror which may cost up to USD 100 or more for a mirror size of just enough to reflect your face and neck.

Please do some research on Baccarat Crystal Glass before making any negative comment.

And I seen the actual product on a perfume blog. This treasure is a size of a new born baby, quite huge for a perfume bottle. Thank you.

What's funny is that they released Mon Precieux Nectar in parfum form in the parisiennes collection for cheaper than any other of their extraits. I think they draw prices from a hat.

To continue on this subject, I was thinking of who would buy and I realized, duh: the Sultan of Brunei and those funded by the oil of the Arabian Peninsula and Kim Kardashian in addition to Tony Montana types. The first three you can google and easily find examples of the sort of taste that would embrace this sort of vulgarity. Solid gold sinks and bathtubs, crystal furniture and like that. As for Scarface, spending cash is, when you think about it, a pleasant way of laundering it. So, you go Guerlain.

The actual perfume: there's no reason to assume it's good. It could be absolutely horrid. But even if it's the greatest perfume of all time, accounting for the price is impossible. Which materials are that expensive? And the crystal: compare to the prices of Hermès or William Yeoward or Baccarat itself. They don't even come close.

In contrast, that million dollar Chanel dress that the Bride of Wildenstein bought took tens of thousands of hours for virtuoso embroiderists to embellish with miles of real gold thread--and it was fitted down to the millimeter. On top of which couture apparently never makes money at all. A Veyron similarly takes easily 20 times longer to manufacture than a $50,000 car does. A Birkin bag, expensive as it is, the materials and labor add up and it is guaranteed for life. A Swaine umbrella also has a lifetime guarantee and will be reconditioned for free even due to normal wear and tear...and it only costs $200-$500!

As for snobbery, the main type that would occur in this case is people like me laughing at it. If I was a member of the noblesse d'épée I would laugh much harder at the idea that an ugly giant size symbol of Napoleon III could be a status symbol. It's too ridiculous. The main snobbery involved is rejection not embracing.

It is a beautiful specimen and paragon of kitsch however. If I saw it at the Marché aux Puces for 100 euros I would buy for sure.

Celphie: you're right! An insult and most of all Tacky almost beyond belief! What kind of person would buy this? Outrageously expensive items are almost always in terrible taste. Those who defend it should ask some actual rich people, or those in the Almanach de Gotha, how they feel about it. I'd bet money that it wouldn't be overwhelmingly positive opinions or anything even vaguely like it. Tony Montana is the kind of person who would go for it for a horrible Super Dragon trophy wife. I'm sure somebody like C.Z. Guest would rather have eaten bees than purchased something like this.

On the other hand there are many, many brand new billionaires out there and I guess it's a market to be tapped. Still: it's tragically trashy and it de-values what Guerlain has represented to its most appreciative fans, like myself.

snobbism, produces some prety stuff! lol
but perhaps if there wasn't such snobbery ... beautiful stuff would be plentiful :)

It is not because you cannot afford a Rolls Royce, that you cannot like the car.
Here it is just the same.
And .... By the way, the fragrance is just divine.
One drop of this elixir on your skin and your in heaven.
I happen to have seen the bottle in real and it is a sight for sore eyes.
Good that there is a brand that make people dream... and maybe one day, who knows i will be able to afford something like this.
Instead of being envious, let this enriche your souls and minds...
Perfume was long time only for the wealthy and the elite. Guerlain has proven that they can still be creative, ultra luxurious and rare.... Thank you Guerlain!

Unjustifiable !
Baccarat crystal doesn't cost that much. Design is great indeed. Juice??? I don't know, but even if it was pure essential oils still wouldn't be worth it.
This is a no no for me. Snobism taken to the max. I'll skip. Not that I could afford it anyways.
Hmmmm. Another bitter parfumista here.

What's not to love? Well, definately the price.

Have you ever heard of marketing ?
This product is not aimed towards masses. One that affords buying L'Abeille surely does not need a tester to see how it smells.
It's obvious that this perfume is not for the "average Joe" who goes to the Guerlain Boutique and tests Habit Rouge and comes the second day to test it one more time in order to decide if the bottle worths the 50 euros.
Also one that buys this perfume surely will not go mad for the juice goes bad because when you have the money to buy such a thing you do not care too much about it because you always know that you can return back and buy some more.
And it is expensive because of the bottle made out of Baccart Crystal. The bottle represents the art at it is finest and that is why it is expensive. You can not expect to get a Van Gogh painting cheap :D

12500 Euros??? It's perfume, not diamond juice!!! And only 47 bottles? And why the large quantity? 245ml...what if one didn't like it? I'll bet my arms and legs that there won't be any testers, you'll have to buy this thing unsniffed and like it cuz if you don't...well, that's 12500 Euros right out of the window. I'd much rather spend that money traveling around Europe with my grandma, stay at nice hotels, go to the opera, enjoy some good delicacies, take some nice photos...that'll be a much better memory to keep than a snooty perfume that's going to sit on my dresser and go bad if I don't use up the whole damn thing.
(well of course I'm mad and venting out my feelings at the fact that I will never sniff a molecule of this thing, and the fact that I will never own this beautiful bottle...thanks you Thierry Wasser, thank you and thank you Guerlain for excluding a large number of loyal customers who swear by your products...why would you do such a thing? Aren't we worthy? Yeah I'm going back to L'oreal "beacuse you're worth it" not with Guerlain who are clearly saying "This is NOT for you, you are NOT worth it!")

Not cool Guerlain, not cool at all >:(

Sincerely,
A disgruntled perfume collector.

So far, Thierry Wasser's efforts have amounted to little more than ruining Guerlain's heritage. This man and his team must have some serious gut to call a price like that.

12 500 euros LOL!

@gypsy: Let's buy it right now! I'll let you buy the bottle #1. The #2 is mine! LOL

WOW!!