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Episode 163 of Love At First Scent focussed on Thierry Wasser’s 2019 attempt to bring ylang ylang to a salty seashore: Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang. To watch the broadcast – which also featured a discussion of the whole L’Art & La Matiere range – please click on this link: Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang review.

To many ‘western’ noses, ylang ylang spells ‘retro’ at the moment (click here for Antoine Lie’s thoughts on the matter in a recent interview) so I’d say any attempt to present the flower in a more contemporary light is to be lauded. But pairing it with the much-maligned family of ozonic-saline accords should be hailed as downright brave! In Wasser’s skilled hands, the experiment largely works, and even if it becomes a touch screechy in the drydown (a la Tom Ford Black Orchid) the journey to that stage is surprisingly picturesque.

Persolaise

[Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang review based on a sample of eau de parfum provided by the brand in 2021.]


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Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise 2021, 2019
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