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I think it’s important for a brand to have a fragrance that shakes things up. You know, the men’s market is very particular. I know we went far with Egoïste, but I like it. It was good for Chanel. Brands today maybe don’t have the courage that they used to.
— Perfumer Jacques Polge talks about Chanel’s fragrances for men in Q&A with Legendary Chanel Perfumer Jacques Polge at Hint magazine. Many thanks to Pedro for the link!
Perfume coverage in the September issues of Allure, Details, Elle, GQ and Harper’s Bazaar; please comment on any fragrance-related coverage you’ve seen in other fashion & beauty magazines:
Allure
Cover: Kim Kardashian
Scent strips: Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia, Donna Karan Pure DKNY, Couture Couture by Juicy Couture…
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Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian will introduce his perfume line, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, at the Space NK store at 8 Broadwick Street in Soho on Wednesday, 8 September from 4 to 6 pm. The event is free, but you must book a space by calling 020 7734 3734.
The usual: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the last perfume that surprised you, what you’re doing to celebrate Labor Day, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: image is falling water by ericskiff at flickr; some rights reserved.
Floris has launched Floris 280, a new limited edition floriental fragrance for women celebrating the house’s 280th anniversary:
Only 280 bottles have been produced…
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Established just prior to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Moxon Huddersfield has been producing handcrafted textiles for over 450 years. Moxon uses traditional methods to create their exclusive cloth, which may take up to fourteen weeks to produce—after three seasons of literal wool gathering!
Moxon uses the finest wools to produce its pieces, including mink, ermine and vicuña. They are best known, however, for their use of Altai cashmere gathered from goats bred in the mountainous Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region (now the Altai Republic) of the former Soviet Union.
The wool is processed on traditional wooden machines, including finishing machines exclusive to the firm. These machines were built using blueprints from the 19th century and are unique in the textile industry.
As if all that wasn’t enough to maintain exclusivity, Moxon is also particular about their clientele. The company not only keeps their clients’ identities confidential, they even keep their website private.
A pair of socks produced by this exceptional British textile house reportedly costs a staggering $400. At even half that, they would likely be the most expensive socks in the world.
I recently heard an interview with Bonnie Blodgett (shown above right), who wrote a memoir about the experience of losing and rediscovering the sense of smell. I am intrigued, and have placed this book at the top of my reading list.
If you, too, have read or are planning to read Remembering Smell, let’s chat about it. How about an October book club…
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If you’ve been following perfume news over the past month or so, you’ve probably noticed that Gucci Guilty is one of this fall’s major launches, complete with full-page ads and scent strips in fashion magazines, a movie-star “face,” a television commercial with a theme song, a somewhat hyperbolic press release, a tie-in to the MTV Video Music Awards, and the now-requisite Facebook page. It’s being promoted as a fragrance for a “21st Century beauty” who is “young, audacious, discerning…an iconoclast who lives life at full throttle…sexy and slightly dangerous.”
Guilty’s bottle is certainly eye-catching: it looks like an oversized, gilded (gilty?) Gucci purse clasp or belt buckle, with its unmistakable interlocking “G”s creating a window onto the juice inside. Gucci devotees will want to own Guilty for the container alone. The fragrance is classified as a floriental, with notes of mandarin, pink pepper, peach, lilac, geranium, amber, and patchouli.
Guilty seems to be more of a sheer, fruity oriental than a floral oriental…
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