At the crossroads of East and West
It is an exceptional encounter, of the kind only Guerlain can orchestrate: the meeting of East and West. And the meeting of two arts: French perfumery, to which the House offered so many masterpieces, and Arabic calligraphy, an age-old art reinvented by a young artist for the 21st century…
Ever since it was founded in 1828, the love of perfume and the love of art have been one and the same for Guerlain. Today, as ever, the House is proud to host new artists and craftspeople with exceptional skills, giving them a blank canvas to enchant its fragrances.
In 2022, Inkman, a young Tunisian calligraphy artist, has been invited by Guerlain to create the adornment of its iconic Bee Bottle.
Inspired by Le Songe de la Reine, an exclusive fragrance offered in the one-litre flacon, this jeweller’s son has imagined an adornment that is both poetic and spectacular, between sculpture and calligraphy
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“I looked on the Bee Bottle as the body of a woman that I wanted
to dress with a unique piece of art.”
Sensuous and abstract, avant-garde and timeless, poetic and bold… For Guerlain, Inkman has created an artwork whose beauty is undeniable. Dazzling. Absolute. A jewel that wraps around the body of the mythical Bee Bottle produced by Pochet du Courval, the historical glassmaker of the House since 1853. And more than a jewel, a meeting between two of the creative worlds that are most emblematic of the East: calligraphy and perfume.
