Cuir Béluga

Guerlain L'Art et la Matière · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2005

≈ $340 · 125ml · approx. retail

A supremely soft, cozy leather built on plush suede, warm immortelle and creamy vanilla with a powdery heliotrope glow. Gentle and skin-like rather than raw, it reads as an elegant amber-suede comfort scent.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

FallWinterDailyEvening

Perfumer

Olivier Polge

French · 48 in collection

In-house perfumer for Chanel since 2015, succeeding his father Jacques Polge. Oversees new creations and modern flankers of the house's classics.

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