Carmen Le Bolshoi

Carmen was issued by Guerlain as a limited edition of 700 flacons for a double anniversary of the Bolshoi Theater, but that was at the peak of the russian economic crisis, and this may be the reason some of the flacons came back to the Paris boutiques where I could test it several times before buying it lately. It opens with a woody and somewhat spicy-musky jasmine which then undergoes sort of a purification development to turn to a clean and majestic jasmine (most of the Bolshoi frags from Guerlain are dominated by this extraordinary jasmine of outstanding quality), not creamy, not aldehydic, a simply fantastic jasmine only a few houses can elaborate. Concentration is closer to an extract than a EdP This jasmine alone makes the bottle worth its price tag (approx 300€), but the flacon is very nice, too. One more masterpiece by Thierry Wasser. I trust that someday we'll see this composition again under another name.