LVMH-owned luxury beauty and fragrance house Guerlain has unveiled its annual holiday collection for 2022. The festive range, designed by Guerlain Makeup Creative Director Violette Serra, takes inspiration from the house’s bee emblem and reimagines its best-sellers in bejewelled starry motifs.
The collection comprises the Ombres G palette, Terracotta Light bronzer, Gel Gloss and Rouge G lipstick line alongside new home fragrances from the L’Art & La Matière line. It is now available in selected Guerlain global travel retail stores.
The Ombres G palette offers four vibrant shades: gold, bronze, prink and burgundy; while the Christmas edition Terracotta has been infused with pearlescent gold pigments to create a healthy and radiant winter glow.
The Gel-Gloss is a multi-functional product that can be applied on the cheeks or as a top coast over eyeshadow or lipstick. The Gel-Gloss has a translucent formula that creates a mirror effect on the skin.
Guerlain’s popular Rouge G lipstick line has been extended to include limited-edition cases, engraved with delicate stars. The festive Rouge G line is available in two satin shades and two velvet matte shades. These are N38 Dreamy Garnet and N08 Nude Alchemy in Satin, and N880 Fascinating Ruby and N777 Berry Alchemy in Velvet Matte.
Guerlain has partnered with French embroidery studio Baqué Molinié to create a sparkling new Rouge G case which is embroidered with silver and gold beads in a shooting star motif. The bejewelled case houses a limited-edition Rouge G Prestige shade called N214 Fly Me to The Stars.
Guerlain has also joined forces with jeweller Atelier Truscelli to create a sparkling, gold-dipped plate for the L’Art & La Matière collection. The plate pays homage to Guerlain’s bee symbol and has been pave-set with 30 stones.
Only 500 pieces are available globally. Each of the 21 fragrances in the L’Art & La Matière can be personalised to enhance their gifting appeal during the festive period.
Within the L’Art & La Matière range, Guerlain has launched L’Art du Geste, a new collection of scented hand soaps, candles, diffusers and body lotions featuring the Néroli Outrenoir, Rose Chérie and Herbes Troublantes scents.
The scented hand soap is made with a hydrating formula, while the hand and body lotion leaves the skin nourished and soft. They are available in a striking new 300ml bottle, crafted by Guerlain’s long-time glassmaker Pochet du Courval. The bottles are refillable with a range of refill pouches.
For the first time, Guerlain has released a 2.3kg giant scented candle called Encens d’Hiver. The candle offers frankincense, smoked tea and cedarwood notes evoking the scent of snow-covered mountains. The candle has a burn time of 150 hours and is cast without a jar using traditional artisanal techniques.
To celebrate its festive collection, Guerlain has partnered with Serbian artist Aleksandra Miletić to design its holiday packaging. For her collaboration with Guerlain, Miletić created detailed drawings of flowers, bottle silhouettes, tassels and Guerlain’s bee logo that feature on the brand’s gift boxes, paper bags, cartons, ribbons and on its Hive Advent Calendar.
Designed like a bee hive, the Hive Advent Calendar houses 25 full-sized and sample-sized gifts. These include a miniature fragrance bottle, skincare and makeup products as well as a ceramic fragrance ornament among others. In line with Guerlain’s sustainable commitments, the Hive Advent Calendar is made with FSC-certified cardboard with wooden feet and removable trays, making it reusable even after the holiday period. 
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