[Well, if you believe François Truffaut, they are !]
Cartier Brooch circa 1935
Cartier’s Mathilde Laurent brilliant in-house perfumer and author of Les Heures, has woven a web both haunting and complex with her latest labor of love, and the soliflore subject is The Lily.
A Pure Floral A unique exploration of the three facets of the lily
Fresh The leaves of the lily
Floral The petals of the lily
Powdery The pistil of the lily
Now, I do not normally like to tease you, dear readers, but this was a very long day, and I am bone-weary.
So please, allow me to fully review this for you very soon; I have oodles of hand-scribbled notes made on the Amtrak ride home 😉
Today, the very gracious and cordial team from Cartier invited a select group of editors to view their presentation at the elegant Surrey Hotel penthouse suite .
[Our intrepid E-I-C Michelyn Camen is still convalescing, so I attempted to fill her shoes.]
Mathilde Laurent is busy at work on her next fragrant project in Paris. Mme Laurent was the recipient of the 2010 French Foundation Fragrance Specalists Prize for her stunning La Treizième Heure de Cartier
This Friday, July 15th, Nordstrom’s will launch Baiser Volé exclusively…it will retail for $100 for 1.6 oz. Meanwhile, I would like to offer a small decant of this beauty to a fortunate reades, and dear friends this is a winner. Leave a comment on your favorite Cartier fragrance or fragrance by Mathilde Laurent to be eligible. Draw will close July 16, 2011.
–Ida Meister, Senior Editor
Aujourd hui C'est Le jour de la fete nationale (Bastille Day in the USA similar to our fourth of July)