Niche brand Frédéric Malle has opened a second boutique in New York City (see our shopping report on the existing Malle store here). The new store, at 94 Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, is the first of a projected series of boutiques designed to “showcase the work of top architects in the same way he showcases perfumers”…
Twisted Lily is a sunny little boutique located on the ever-growing Atlantic Avenue shopping strip of Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood. It opened last autumn, as a new project from the owners of online perfume retailer Parfum1. If you’re picturing a warehouse stocked with discounted mass-market scents, however, you’ll be surprised by Twisted Lily: its clean white interior is stocked exclusively with niche fragrance lines. A few big names like Serge Lutens and L’Artisan Parfumeur serve as anchors to a wide, thoughtful selection of smaller, independent lines that are difficult to find anywhere else in New York, like Imaginary Authors and Slumberhouse.
The fragrances are displayed in neat groupings along counters…
‘Scent sculptor’ and perfumer Christophe Laudamiel is participating in Armchair Parade, a multimedia installation at Dillon Gallery in New York City. Also on view: puppets by Julian Crouch, films by Ragnar Freidank and The Big Boing (a handmade, 24-foot lamellophone created by Mark Stewart, which can be played by visitors)…
Sometimes it’s a treat to wander the length of a fragrance counter or a boutique that offers dozens of perfume lines. At other times, you just want to experience a single fragrance house without any rush or distraction. Atelier Cologne‘s fragrances are available at other locations in New York (including Bergdorf Goodman and Aedes de Venustas), but if you have the time, the company’s Nolita boutique is well worth a visit.
The shop is decorated in a very downtown, loft-chic style, with bare wood floors, exposed-brick walls, and repurposed industrial furnishings. The full Atelier line is available, with most fragrances offered in three sizes, as well as hefty bars of soap and candles in deep aubergine glass containers. The coffret sets would make memorable gifts…
Aedes de Venustas in New York City is holding a cocktails + book signing event to celebrate the US edition of Denyse Beaulieu’s The Perfume Lover…