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Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 2 March 2011 49 Comments

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The new Douglas Hannant perfume is the first scent Robert Piguet has done for an outside designer, and their first new (as opposed to relaunched) fragrance since the 1960s. It seems a logical extension for the Piguet house, given that by now, they’ve probably done all they can do with the brand’s back catalog — since 2006, they’ve relaunched Baghari, Visa, Cravache, Futur and Calypso, and while they’ve generally done a great job (no small thanks to perfumer Aurelien Guichard), to my mind, not one of those can touch what they already had on the market, namely Fracas and Bandit.

Douglas Hannant, for those of you who had never heard of him — I hadn’t — is known as a socialite’s designer; he’s been described as a “go-to-guy for trust-fund babies, fashionable philanthropists and other Palm Beach/Park Avenue regulars”.1 When I read that, I imagined something heavy and expensive-smelling, like David Yurman Eau de Parfum, but what they’ve come up with instead is a modern version of Fracas:

This is a fresher, younger Fracas. We stayed with the same floral base and added pear to cut the sweetness at the top. —Frederic Anderson, Douglas Hannant’s partner2

The only surprise there, I suppose, is that Piguet hadn’t done such a thing already…

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Driven by youth

Posted by Robin on 17 February 2011 17 Comments

There’s a metaphor here. Almost everything in fashion now is driven by youth: young designers, teenage bloggers, Gossip Girls. But whatever happened to the women before them, those socialites who once represented the haute front row at Fashion Week? Mr. Hannant, who showed his collection on Wednesday, may not have the buzz, but he has carved out a niche by seducing those who have been elbowed aside by the boho It girls.

— Douglas Hannant introduces his new fragrance, Douglas Hannant by Robert Piguet, to his customer base in A Scent to Match the Socialite at the New York Times.

Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 7 January 2011 20 Comments

Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet perfume

Robert Piguet will launch Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet, the debut fragrance for New York-based designer Douglas Hannant, in February. It is the first original fragrance from Piguet since the 1960s…

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