Short promos for Maison Margiela Whispers in the Library, (and below the jump) Coffee Break, Under The Lemon Trees.
Maison Martin Margiela Replica Whispers in the Library ~ fragrance review
Whispers in the Library is a recent addition to the Maison Martin Margiela Replica fragrance collection; it “evokes the memory of a mysterious library made of antique woodwork perfectly waxed. The slowing down of time between books and the whispers of turning pages.” Its remembered or imagined setting is “Oxford 1997” and it’s categorized as an “oriental woody” scent for men or women.
I’ve spent a significant portion of my adult life in libraries — in graduate school, during dissertation research, and in various jobs — and I love the idea of a perfume inspired by libraries and old books…
Maison Margiela Coffee Break & Springtime in a Park ~ new fragrances
Maison Margiela has launched Coffee Break and Springtime in a Park, two new unisex fragrances joining the Replica series…
Maison Margiela Mutiny ~ fragrance review
How much does a fragrance’s “back story” matter to you? I occasionally try to ignore the promotional copy and just smell a new perfume, just experience it on its own terms, but over and over again I fail in that resolution. I love storytelling. I love visuals. I want to know why people create the things they create. Sometimes a description or advertisement for a particular fragrance resonates with me; more often, it causes me to roll my eyes. I had both reactions to the promotional messaging for Mutiny, the new women’s fragrance from Maison Margiela.
Mutiny was developed by perfumer Dominique Ropion and its tagline is “Assert your self-expression. Banish conformity. Break the rules.” In a short promotional video for Mutiny, Ropion mentions being impressed by Galliano’s “audacity to subvert, deconstruct and rebuild” traditional clothing forms and wanting to do the same thing with tuberose…
Maison Margiela Whispers in the Library ~ new fragrance
Maison Margiela has launched Whispers in the Library (Oxford, 1997), a new fragrance in the Replica series…