In conjunction with Muse Magazine’s new “Natasha Obsessed” issue (Fall 2009), the Colette boutique in Paris is carrying a whole range of items linked to supermodel Natasha Poly, the subject of the issue…
Really fascinating how they do it
I like pretty fresh, clean scents. I don't like a barrage of smell, so I started talking with Givenchy about how do you achieve that fresh, clean scent? And they 'learned me' about citrus and wood flavours that you kind of add in to create that type of aroma. It's actually really fascinating how they do it.
— Justin Timberlake, the face of Givenchy Play, on fragrance construction. Read more at Justin Timberlake uses his fragrance on Jessica Biel.
She can look very naughty
A "making of" for the commercial for Givenchy Ange ou Démon Le Secret, starring Uma Thurman (I've already posted the finished product here).
Update: the video is no longer available, sorry!
Givenchy Play & Play Intense ~ fragrance reviews
Thanks to “old” Givenchy marketing and publicity, whenever I see or hear the word “Givenchy” I think of Hubert de Givenchy. In ‘candid’ and professional photos he always looks at ease, and I don’t know anything about his private life…and that’s a GOOD thing. When the man or woman behind a brand is “mysterious” (or just plain circumspect) it’s easier to approach the brand’s products in a way that’s personal, a way that’s not besmirched by or connected to the designer’s life and personality — his or her drug use, dieting and exercise regime, sex life.
Every time I go into my local Nordstrom store and spray on some Armani Privé Bois d’Encens, the Armani sales person tells the same old “Creation Story” — how young Giorgio always went to church with his grandmother and loved the incense-infused services; Armani asked his perfumer to recreate the church-incense aroma with Bois d’Encens. Being susceptible to imagery, now, when I spray on Bois d’Encens, I imagine the too-tanned, white haired head of today’s 75-year-old Armani on a six-year-old boy’s body and see a classic Italian grandma, black dress and stockings, lace veil pinned to her head, pulling little Armani down a cathedral aisle, censers swinging and smoking all around them. I don’t like other people’s faces (and life stories or fantasies) intruding on my perfume experiences.
Justin Timberlake is the “image” of Givenchy’s two new men’s perfumes: Play and Play Intense, and he comes with a lot of baggage…
Le Secret
Actress Uma Thurman in a promo spot for Givenchy Ange ou Démon Le Secret. In French.