Cruel Gardenia was launched by the house of Guerlain in 2008 as a part of their L'Art et la Matiere Collection. Designed by perfumers Randa Hammami and Sylvaine Delacourte, this floral fragrance for women offers accords of white floral, powdery, musky, sweet, woody, violet, vanilla, yellow floral, lactonic, and floral notes.
This fragrance has come in two bottlings - the earlier tall rectangular bottles, and the current shorter bottle with the black label.