Quite simply, this is the most prettily-scented face powder we've ever used. The clue's in the name:  'Les Violettes'.  It smells gorgeously like candied violets, as you press the velvety powder onto your face with the chic black velvet puff.

We also love the 'dotty' lace design on the powder itself.  But as if the gorgeous fragrance, the packaging and the decoration weren't enough, this is a fabulous powder in its own right - wonderfully translucent, barely-there, brilliantly mattifying - yet radiant, rather than 'flat'.  (Have you noticed how suddenly, the complexion's all about matte again...?

It's like femininity, in powder form.

UK readers find Guerlain Les Violettes Translucent Compact Powder Mattifying Veil at www.debenhams.com/£35 - buy here