perfumes

Perfume presented as poetry

A secluded chapel, blazing dusk, a moment of grace, divine smoke, silent cantique.

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The lush exuberance of nature...green energy invigorated by verdant, natural wild leaves juxtaposed with an elemental heart of coriander and flint and finished with white musk. Think rain forest profusion in a bottle!

Top Notes Lavender, Bergamot : Middle Notes Clove, Cinnamon : Base Notes Gaiac wood, Cedar, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Tonka, Mus

Dirty, Musky, Sexy, Vulgar, Beautiful.

French jewelry designer Marianne Olry is inspired by the abstract shapes and vibrant colors used in modern art

Fragrance as jewelry: Dior Fragrance Collection

Samples of Rick Owens' mysterious new fragrance via someslashthings.com

No I haven't smelled it. That doesn't even matter. Just the thought..*spasm* .

TI assures you the quality and the intricacy of a Kilian perfume really does brush up against the sublime

"My ambition: to place perfumery back on its pedestal by going back to the truth about perfume; back to the way perfume was made in the early 20th century, but adding a contemporary twist at the same time.

This is what the 1st collection called « L’Oeuvre Noire » is all about.

“L’Oeuvre Noire” is a collection of 10 unique fragrances composed with the highest quality raw materials, the rarest and most expansive essential oils without any limit to the perfumers imagination.

I conceived the “L’Oeuvre Noire” with a quasi-Faustian ambiance in mind, like those that darkened Rimbaud’s spirit or conjured the witches in MacBeth. But it also recalls contemporary R&B lyrics like those of 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg or Pharell Williams, all about temptation in the face of urban violence, like Baudelaire before them, as expressed in his prose poetry.

"My soul is transported by fragrance like those of other men are transported by music". Petits poèmes en Prose, Baudelaire

There have been so many new launches over last 20 years – 500 new perfumes per year in the world – creating confusion in the public’s mind.

It is thus time to develop an exceptional and creative masterpiece to mark the difference among this avalanche of new fragrances! "

Kilian Hennesey on his fragrance line, Kilian.

The metal stamped bottle stopper seen from above

Bottle #001 in the limited edition of 100. I throb !

Ascent is the cycle of life experienced by the designer Rad Hourani and interpreted by the perfumer Christophe Raynaud.

They say the key note is redolent of...sperm