Myrrhe & Delires

This seems to be a new possible direction that Maison Guerlain has taken: indeed this fragrance is so different from their previous classy and traditional ones: no more 'guerlinade' and their 'famous vanilla' is rather undetectable here. This is correct - after all - Thierry Wasser has a different signature compared to that of Jacques Guerlain. (This is not either a critic or a comparison!) In any case it doesn't have betrayed the old style. Not indeed. Lovely and really above any genre: is it thought for women? No, certainly. Is it for men? Not, exactly. As usual it must suit you, this is the main rule, for me, being my skin so subdued to Guerlain'frags it's a sort of 'predicted marriage'..... I've only a pale deja-vu, as it reminds me the vintage Balenciaga's 'Quadrille' though the latter was more pronounced and may be I've just a fade memory of it. Good persistence, 'very polite' projection and sillage. The dry down is comfortably tendre, NOT childish, anyway. If you like good patchouli notes, you should try this, as the patchouli used here, is remarkably gentle, up-to-date but 'natural', even though not hippy-style, at all if I can say. 3 billions thanks to you, my dear Kosmoskukka, for this beautiful, fragrant surprise! ; )

Wow... This one is REALLY beautiful! It is like nothing I've ever smelled before, honestly. Totally not at all how I expected it either, as I was picturing some burnt, harsh, brutish thing.. M&D couldn't be any more different though! To me, Myrrhe & Delires smells like an old fashioned, dark chocolate bar filled with the most decadent pineapple cream inside. I can even picture the golden, coppery foil it would be wrapped in. How charming! I don't know why I smell pineapple in this one, but I do. It has to be the bergamot and grapefruit, but it smells so much more like pineapple to me. At any rate, this is simply a GORGEOUS perfume. EDIT: Silly me! It's the osmanthus I'm smelling! That has to be where the tropical pineapple element comes from! And I thought osmanthus were supposed to smell like apricot... Oh well - apricot or pineapple, same difference! All I know is that it's this tropical, fruity tone (osmanthus + citrus) that has Myrrhe & Delires transformed from simply "good" to absolutely gorgeous. This is a scent with several layers, it's not a linear one for sure! As all the other releases from this line, M&D lasts for a very long time and projects really well. Bravo Guerlain. 10/10!

This is extraordinarily magnificent. I think this is my new favorite perfume. 9/10 easily if not a 9.5. What am I saving 10 for? I guess heaven, but this is so close. I feel like there aren't words to describe this. Myrrh is mentioned again and again in the bible, and mentioned in hadith. It has an undeniable holy smell, something you feel historically connected to. There is some slight powder, but nothing overwhelming. There is a slight fruity sweetness, something warm from the vanilla. Some hints of floral, a distant memory of smoke. And all of that helps to lift and shape the myrrh. I think it's to die for, so comforting, so subtle in it's sweetness, coying and shy but still bold and gallant with an earthy, woody richness. Marvelous. Breaks my heart that it's discontinued, hopefully I find a bottle eventually.

In a word, sublime. Never seen it in any of the stores here in Sydney, I purchased Bois D’Armenie today and had a moan about that useless bulb dispenser. The fabulous Sales Assistant dashed out the back and found an old tester of Myrrhe and Delires with about 1cm left at the bottom and said I could have it and swap the spray cap over (although as it turned out, the Bois D’Armenie bottle version spray thing isn’t swappable). However, I got to keep the tester! I had sprayed that on my arm in store and when I got back to the office, a couple of the boys told me I smelled like lipstick...clearly that’s the violets. Captivating...I see a few bottles are going for ludicrous prices on eBay so I am going to have to eke out what’s left in mine.

well - maybe not exactely like a baby BUT.... had the chance to smell it saturday - rare to fall in love with a perfume these days but i did from the very first moment the lovely lady sprayed it onto my wrist - ordered and bought within 2 minutes - great work mr wasser

Quick sell for me, too. One sniff and I was sold. I really enjoy unisex fragrances and this is particularly nice and interesting. It has this old-tobacco-shop-in-Hong-Kong smell. I live in a tropical climate, and this is holding up well in the heat and humidity, too.

Not really a review and sorry for posting it here, but has this scent been discontinued? I was just looking on the Guerlain French website, and it is no longer listed? Not heard anything about it going - anyone have any info please?

Yes it is discontinued, and I cannot believe it.. It's actually my favorite from this collection.

Unicorn, dream perfume. I don't know what else to say.

The jasmine and patchouli notes are similar in Gucci Rush, I never would have noticed had it not been mentioned. (They both contain stone fruit so that may contribute as well) The lemon and licorice blend well together but don't dominate. The myrrhe, osmanthus, patchouli and jasmine stand out the most to me, in that order. edit: After a few wears I am loving Myrrhe & Delires (I call it my Myrrhe and Delicious). It is on my fav 5 orientals list. The whole composition compliments the myhrre so well, I feel it was made in heaven just for me. Don't be put off by references to Gucci Rush, it's like comparing apples and oranges, they are not alike, they just share a few notes is all. ps. This is called unisex but that is stretching the envelope a bit. I would love to smell this on a guy but I think most would find it too sweet to wear, what a shame, it smells so sexy.

A lovely, resinous-woody take on licorice. Myrrhe et Delires is a little along the lines of what I had expected from Lolita Lempicka in terms of the balance of licorice and earthy notes. In LL, I find that the licorice smells rather sweet, thin and powdery. Here, the licorice has a subtle sweetness, but it's balanced with a more full woodiness. There is a subtly salty, woody undercurrent that reminds me a little of the dryness of Ambre Sultan. This also has a nice darkness anchoring the unusual scent of the licorice, and the spicy greenness of the violet leaf blends in very well with the myrrh. Having said all that, this isn’t my absolute favourite offering from Guerlain’s L’Art et la Matiere line.

I find this one very interesting. The only 2 notes I get are myrrh and licorice. Mostly licorice, of the Lolita Lempika variety. The myrrh is slightly sweet and very dusty. I think these 2 notes combined are so unique and pretty. Longevity is all right, a few hours. My biggest problem is projection, which is much too soft. This is very much a skin scent. I'm not asking for a sillage bomb, but they could kick this up a notch or 2. EDIT - WHY IS THIS SO SOFT?!?!?!?! Been wearing this for a couple days and I just love it, this is probably my new favorite of the 'resins' category, if I could only SMELL IT without having to heavily concentrate on the applied areas! Pouty face.

This is a very soft scent, starts fresh citrusy although very slightly then instantly goes into a creamy, balsamic feel that I can only describe as almost a soft bubble gum flavour (the old school kind) but in a nice subtle way. That may be the licorice, or the myrrh. Not on my buy list but I can imagine why someone might fall in love with this. I have 100+ niche samples for swap within Europe - get in touch! Updated spreadsheet of samples on my profile.

A lovely, delicate fragrance based around myrrh, which is one of my favorite notes, especially in winter. It's a like for me, not a love, however. I live in a cold climate, and cool temps and dry skin mean I need a winter fragrance with more powerful projection -- otherwise, it sits about a millimeter above my skin and is hard to enjoy. If you're looking for an office-friendly myrrh, however, Myrrhe et Delires's polite sillage certainly fits the bill.

It has been a long time since I have been truly enthralled by a fragrance. This is an exceptionally well-crafted perfume; the warm spices melt into the almost incense-like myrhh, creating an irrisistible desire to keep sniffing the aroma. It remains close to the skin, not overwhelming, but creating a warmth and softness. Bonus; it is also long-lasting: 8 hours on skin, longer on clothes.

The myrrh is accompanied by licorice (a note I don't like) and it has a sweet opening which gets even sweeter and candy like , really too sweet for my taste. The dry down is a linear, not as sweet as the beginning, made of myrrh, tonka and vanilla with a slight incense note. 5.5/10

A positively lovely skin scent. It reminds me of a sweeter, more floral Coromandel. Far too sweet for me, but fantastic nonetheless.

I did not really enjoy this perfume for reasons other than what I thought might be the problem--violet; a note that tends to annoy me. I was eager for something fantastic during the first several minutes of candied licorice and myrrh, but they were soon overtaken by a synthetic base of perhaps IsoE Super. It was just too much for me. Add to that very low sillage and longevity. Rather disappointing.

Although I find this fragrance intriguing and beautiful in its own way, I’m discovering the hard way that myrrh might not be for me. On me, it pulls strongly into that old-fashioned soap that I just can’t get past. I do notice an incensey church-like quality. Very resinous and medicinal, in an elegant and classic way. It’s more than I can handle.

I'm not that overawed by the Guerlain House, all their history and oceans of releases can be really overwhelming for 1 looking for a quick fix but with some Quality to it. The actual myhrr and violet note can be quite punchy here in that they add a 'dampening' effect to any sweetness that may have taken in past SDV's. So it lacks that and appears to be strangley a more rounded, 'dulled' sweetness with a green edge; not what I would purchase but for people who'd want to avoid the Hi-octane sugar fix of SDV this may be much more suitable. It's still very very different from SDV of course. But it is a blend of rich, appealing sweet gourmandy notes that doesn't take a dare with an oddity or a polarising theme like maybe an 'oil' note or saffron. It's rich and resinous right from the opening with deep licorice and maybe another green-sweet floral with a dash of the grapefruit. Rose is a perfect complimentary floral that's safe and just gets better with syrupy sweet waves of opulent tonka and amber. Everything is rich and full-bodied rather than the anemic greens or other oddities nearly every other Niche I've tried begins with. There's certainly a very faint touch of violets which I normally cannot stand and I pick it up here, so I'll take a point off for that - but it thankfully doesn't detract from the main accords. It may have put me off buying the full bottle however. Guerlain has chosen to use grapefruit here as the offsetting citrus instead of the millions of orange/mandarin you'll almost always find in gourmandy Niche scents. This works very well, making the sweetness sparkle rather than add an aromatic scent/accord of its own. I don't get any smoke or insence from my sample, which was a bit disappointing at this price but maybe or some more wearings I might find it. In short; an upscale mix between their L'Instant homme and Dior Homme (non-intense), which is very nice but I would have liked a dark chocolate hit maybe as a bonus. Everything in almost perfect balance. The licorice can get a little deep or powdery even, but that's natural for the note. However I still feel this could have had more strength and boldness, as it does tend to lift and fade a bit too easily on Spring day. The deal breaker is in the end the dampened greeny sweetness and a lack of vanilla punch; it's more airy-soft than a thick, ambrosial gourmand even with the myrrh appearing later. So it doesn't quite merit a purchase. While it's real Quality and for me their best release, they charge $300 for it. For 75mls of it. I really feel they should have given us an Extrait level of strength for this price and presentation, it's a major point only because of price point and I think they should respect that. So sadly, I will have to be sticking to only my sample as the bottle is obscenely expensive, one of the most on the standard markets. I hope they consider a 'refiller' bottle re-release or even a 50ml release a bit like Agonist have done for those who do not need extravagant presentation. These Exclusive Haute releases seem to find a favorite for everyone and it's testament to their Mastery in Perfumes why the house has such a reputation, even now with all the Corporate interferences. And this is solid good,, try it! My rating: 6/10. Quality: 10/10.