Designer Dries Van Noten will launch a new beauty line this week, including 10 fragrances…
Tiffany & Co Wild Iris ~ new perfume
Tiffany & Co has launched Tiffany & Co Wild Iris, a new fragrance for women. Tiffany & Co Wild Iris is a limited edition luxury flanker to 2017’s Tiffany & Co Eau de Parfum…
Etat Libre d’Orange She Was An Anomaly ~ new fragrance
French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange has launched She Was An Anomaly, a new “soft cyber-iris” fragrance. She Was An Anomaly was developed by perfumer Daniela Andrier, working with Givaudan’s AI system Carto…
The daily lemming
I suppose I might be able to make room on my shelf for Eau Triple La Baigneuse, the fragrance perfumer Daniela Andrier created as an interpretation of the Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres painting The Valpinçon Bather, which hangs at The Louvre, who as you may remember asked Buly 1803 to come up with a few fragrances based on their collection. The collection is out now, 8 fragrances, each available in a variety of items including scented postcards, candles, soap sheets, alabasters (I'm still jealous of Jessica's) and spray perfumes. Here's the description for La Baigneuse, which is €125: "Steam rising from marble sluiced with waves of heated water, dampened muslin wraps the shining limbs, delicately soaped; susurrations of the hammam. After bathing, resting on fresh sheets, the skin, still beaded with moisture, is chafed with lavender and orange blossom; now refreshed, its velvety pallor like an iris petal pearled by a mist of incense and musk."
Etat Libre d’Orange Les Fleurs du Dechet / I Am Trash ~ fragrance review
Let’s imagine I gather up fabric scraps and make a fantastic quilt (in the geometric style of Sonia Delaunay’s paintings of course). I could say to those raving about my quilt: “Oh. THAT piece of trash?!” Or I might venture to a lumber yard and, like Louise Nevelson long ago, gather bits and pieces of wood to make a sculpture. “The title of this piece is ‘Garbage.'” In a food waste context, huge amounts of spent grains remain after beer production; those can be used to feed animals or people. Coffee grounds make a great growing medium for mushrooms and are an excellent soil amendment. Similarly, Etat Libre d’Orange has used “upcycled” materials (reused waste from perfume-making) to supplement the creation of Les Fleurs du Déchet, more dramatically titled “I Am Trash.”
Les Fleurs du Déchet is a great name…