The Classics Collection

Guerlain: An Imperial Icon

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Discover the legendary tale of the iconic "Bee Bottle" by Guerlain in Guerlain: An Imperial Icon. This Assouline Classics Collection volume celebrates the 170th anniversary of the Flacon Abeilles, a...

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A New Spring, A New Aqua Allegoria For Guerlain; By Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes Online (US), June 2023

Flacon aux abeilles de Guerlain170 ans de buzz, Paris Capitale Online (France), April 2023

Le Flacon Abeilles de Guerlain, sujet d'un beau livre, Fashion Addict Online (France), April 2023

Pour ses 170 ans, l'iconique "flacon abeilles" de Guerlain se dévoile dans un livre; By Emma Ruffenach, Fashion Network Online (France), April 2023

Journalist and writer Laurence Benaïm is the author of highly regarded biographies on Yves Saint Laurent, Marie-Laure de Noailles and Jean-Michel Frank (Grasset, 2001, 2017, 2018), in addition to La Sidération (Stock, 2021) and Paris, capitale de Guerlain (Flammarion, 2021). She has written several books on fashion and style history for Assouline, including Yves Saint Laurent: The Impossible Collection (2020), Orientalism Style (2022) and Carita: 11 Fbg Saint Honoré Paris (2022).

The Classics Collection

Guerlain: An Imperial Icon

$137

Glory is ephemeral, only reputation endures.

— Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain

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Page count

292 pages

Number of illustrations

215

Language

English

Released on

May 2023

Dimensions

W 24 x L 33 x D 4 cm

Cover materials

Silk Hardcover

ISBN

9781649802163

Weight

2.268 kg

Author

Laurence Benaïm

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