With this scandalous creation, Saint Laurent offered the promise of many a sensual, seductive moment wrapped up in heavy layers of mystery that, like opium, promised to open the door to a forbidden universe where a torpid mind would at last let the senses take over. This spiced nectar from the Far East was as potent...
This perfume, created in 1925 by Jacques Guerlain, is the product of pure chance. Indeed, it is said that this legend was born by adding a dose of vanilla to a bottle of his famous perfume Jicky. A perfume inspired by a love story, that of Shah Jahan, emperor of the Orient, who imagined a...
“Je m’appelle Candy”. Next to her, two men try to steal the spotlight. The mischief in the air is as electrifying as the scent that is riling these two gents up: Candy l’Eau, the new Prada perfume. Miuccia Prada has called on three talents from the cinema world: Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, for the...
5: a fabulous, universal number for a “female perfume with a female odor”, ordered from Ernest Beaux by Gabrielle Chanel in 1921. This fragrance would almost instantly become iconic, with a unique and timeless shadow over all in its wake. “I am launching my collection on May 5th, the fifth month of the year, let’s...
“What do you wear to bed?” Coco and Norma Jeane both made good use of their passions, their strengths, and the atmosphere of their times. One made her mark on an entire century with a single scent, the other, with her flamboyant candor. The utterance is so legendary and yet, until now, no one knew anything...
The essential Hermès carré scarf is dressing up the perfume “24, Faubourg” in its warmhearted wake. Amidst a few increasingly urgent sensory changes, Hermès is now making itself into an undefinable envelope. This design house has poured its very aura into this fragrance: mysterious and comforting. This essence is held in a curved bottle that...
Gabrielle et Marilyn : un numéro, deux emblèmes, trois icônes. Une équation simple à l’origine d’un mythe fabuleux. Après plus d’un siècle d’existence, la Maison Chanel se fait l’archéologue de son passé et revient sur ce qui a fait son succès. C’est par petits chapitres vidéo qu’elle retrace ses moments phares. Le site Inside Chanel revient...
1992. The Ritz. Superstar couturier Thierry Mugler presents his first haute couture runway show. The very same year, he releases his first perfume in conjunction with fashion houses Clarins and Vera Strubi. In doing so, he hoped to create a perfume that evoked “his own childhood memories, snacks at his grandmother’s house, cotton candy, chocolate...
After calling the artist Anselm Reyle to revisit their accessories line in 2011, Dior has turned to Jean-Michel Othoniel this year, to reinterpret the bottle of J’adore. Known, among other things, for his Kiosk of Noctambules decorating the Palais Royal metro station, Jean-Michel Othoniel called artisans of Murano, with whom he has worked for twenty...
Ellena infuses an entire philosophy into his creations, he defines himself as a “composer of perfumes”, a “writer of odors”. This perfume is decidedly very feminine, very sensual, eminently floral. It seems like you’re discovering a wake of delicate white flowers, maybe gardenia, sweet peas, a touch of musk? But the composition counts little for...
