Sorry for the very late news, but Clive Christian will be making a personal appearance at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City today at 2 pm. For more information, call 212-872-2581. (via Bergdorf's catalog, with many thanks to Jessica for the news)
Clive Christian announces winners of Sound of Perfume
Clive Christian has announced the winners of their Sound of Perfume contest. The overall winner was Ikuyo Kobayashi for "Stay Gold", a piano composition for Clive Christian’s No. 1 fragrance. You can read about the other winners (and download MP3 files) at the Sound of Perfume website. (found via perfumerflavorist)
Clive Christian Sound of Perfume
Clive Christian has invited 50 student composers from the London Royal College of Music to create piano compositions inspired by the line's three fragrances, X, 1872 and No. 1. You can follow the project at the website, The Sound of Perfume. Nine finalists will play their compositions in front of a live audience on February 4; the winner will receive "a generous cash prize".
All proceeds from the project will be used to establish a scholarship at the Royal College of Music. (found via gcimagazine)
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2008, part 10
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
For the 2008 holiday season and the 180th anniversary of Guerlain, the brand presents Shalimar, L'Instant Magic and Insolence in “the legendary bottle of L'Heure Bleue”, with “the unmistakable round label of anther [sic] legendary scent, Mitsouko, to symbolise the timeless refinement of the House of Guerlain”…
A vital niche in the market for luxury goods
The Wall Street Journal profiles "The World's Most Expensive Perfume", Clive Christian No. 1.
Related: a road test of Clive Christian No. 1, Money to burn.