![]() Despite its opulent nature, brilliant execution and Gallic inspiration (Catherine Deneuve herself!) it was a commercial flop, overshadowed by Poison, Giorgio and other over-the-top fragrances which elbowed it out of sight. Inebriating, fully-fleshed, an odalisque perfume.Seraglio perfume! Nothing bashful about Nahema, the daughter of fire in Sheherazade’s 1001 Nights – she foreshadowed the aromatic heavy-hitters which were to dominate the ‘80s. Guerlain Nahema (Jean-Paul Guerlain, 1979): I was 25 years old when Nahema was released by then I’d been an avowed Guerlainophile for 14 years. The elegant Pochet et du Courval flacon was arresting in its curvaceous minimalism and floating teardop – but when you lifted the stopper! The sheer voluptuousness of waxy aldehydic peach-cheeked rose unfurled right beneath your nostrils. The only truth which matters is my passion for them in all their incarnations. I’ve reviewed multitudinous rose perfumes over the years, so it’s time to sing a slightly different song beginning with Guerlain Nahema. ![]() Roses figure prominently in my personal narrative: they represent transformation. I somehow managed to morph from Mieskeit (Yiddish for “hideously ugly person”) to Long-Stemmed American Beauty Rose, if maternal pronouncements are to be believed. ![]()
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