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Thameen – Moon of Baroda
This is a wonderful new British brand and Moon of Baroda is the Jewel in the Crown. This is an original construct in that it is circular rather than the traditional pyramid. The top note is the best Lebanese cedarwood that I have ever come across – it is warm and dry and you can…
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Frederic Malle: 5 Years of Liberty
The synergy of environment with product is something many purveyors aspire to but a goal that few actually achieve. With French Parfumeur Frédéric Malle, it was a ‘dream’ that five years ago became a reality when his disparately enigmatic range of scents found their home in Liberty London. We say home, and in this sense…
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INVICTUS by Paco Rabanne
Men’s fragrance has become all the more a competitive segment with a significant increase in the variety of fragrant options and our (mens) increasing collective understanding of fragrance. Gone are the days where you could categorise the majority of male consumers within the remit of the ten leading scents; todays man is much more selectively…
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Blue Series by Comme des Garcons Parfums
There is something about the Comme des Garcons Parfums that despite their variety of ingredient, packaging and theme bears an undercurrent of strategic fragrance construction that even a more untrained nose can recognise. They favour incense based scent, this much is true, but the fact remains that each CDG scent is as disparate as they…
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Ermenegildo Zegna Spring Summer 2013
Understandably summer collections take inspiration from the style and fabrication of warmer climates, but this season it seems the luxury sector has its eyes firmly focused on one continent – Africa. Ermenegildo Zegna’s Spring Summer collection suggests a yearning for Couture that is reflected by the steadfast mirror of the modern atelier. The confident yet…
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UNSCENT: Communicating Art Perfumery
The 21st – 24th March 2013 saw Fragments of the emerging olfactory scene, present the international olfactory scene of Art Perfumery with installations and project rooms, in the historic surroundings of Palazzo Morando in via S. Andrea 6, in the heart of Milan’s fashion district. The name of the event, by using its negative form, seeks…
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Etro Rajasthan
ETRO RAJASTHAN The central and defining feature of ETRO has always been their ability to use seemingly disparate colours in intricately fussy patterns yet still end up with a garment that is more than wearable. It’s almost as if ETRO view the rainbow as a challenge with each collection striving to better their ever increasing colour…
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Chivas Regal + Pininfarina: CHIVAS 18
Chivas Regal 18 Year Old and Pininfarina have come together for the first time to create a series of limited editions: Chivas 18 by Pininfarina. Both Chivas and Pininfarina share a rich heritage in crafting, rewarding and stimulating experiences in luxury. Pininfarina has been a crusader in Italian design and engineering since 1930, whilst Chivas Regal…
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Albert Fouquet meets JFK: EIGHT & BOB
As far as heritage and intrigue, Eight & Bob has just about the best background story of any fragrance ever made; French Aristocracy, Hollywood Royalty, a US. President and Nazis – allow us to explain… Albert Fouquet, the son of a Parisian aristocrat, was part of elite French society of the early twentieth century and…
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Louis Vuitton Men’s Spring Summer 2013
This Spring Summer Louis Vuitton shows an aspirational wardrobe based on a seafaring collection for hotter climates. The collections highlights that while fashion is seasonal, there are many garments that transcend the climate to be current all year round; the mac, bomber jacket and DB6 Blazers all feature in this sartorially educative collection. The French…
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Odin New York – 09 Posala
Odin New York Fragrances 09 Posala brings to mind a fresh, aromatic orchard with hints of sweet citrus and earthy amber to arrive at a successful complex layering of notes. Inspired by the heritage of the South, 09 Posala is a delicate floral scent balanced with smoky bourbon and Perique tobacco notes. As part…
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ODIN New York: A Fragrant Journey
More often than not one’s journey to success is unclear. You start life heading tentatively in one direction, and end up hurtling in another; chance encounters, friendships made, changes in circumstance, all serve to dictate your aspirational path. The story of ODIN New York – as with most journeys – has certainly had its undulations,…
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HUGO RED by Hugo Boss
In the mid 1990’s the world of men’s fragrance experienced a renaissance, a repositioning of ingredients and notes leading to a more modern, lighter fragrance than men were previously accustomed to wearing. It was during this time – 1995 to be exact – that a modern classic was conceived, HUGO MAN by Hugo Boss. This…
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Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP: Optical Glass House
A lone elegant structure sited between tall monolithic buildings, The Optical Glass House allows for space within the otherwise intimate city of Hiroshima. A project undertaken by Hiroshi Nakamura and his studio NAP, the Optical Glass House reinvents the way we look at modern urbane living and the usage of space. “Although located downtown in…
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