Tag Archives: perfume
November 3, 2011
Exploring the Place of Masculine Fume: the Mind, the Memory, the Mystery of Maleness. There are those that might propose that any man being preoccupied with the idea of scent is a fool. What comes to mind is the self-styled … Continue reading
September 9, 2011
What is the nature of the perfected marvel, in scent? Really — you smell marvelous? I got a note from Barneys New York. It was really about Byredo — I’d made some notes about them earlier. Y O U S … Continue reading
Posted in Cool People, General, Human brands, Luxury, Scent
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August 2, 2011
THE POWER OF THE FLOWER: SCENT, PERCEPTION AND PLACE
THE TOUCHPOINTS OF FRAGRANCED PLACE: MIND, MEMORY AND THE SENSATE AMALGAM In working with gardeners, I note that they are different people. There’s something about them, that suggests the touch of plantlife — that growing content and contact means something. … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, General, Places, Scent, Storytelling
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July 14, 2011
The scent of dust. The perfume of the journey. The spice of the road. I am sorting through a collection of delicate, sacred books. They come from many places, but like a bundled sanctum, they are all together — near … Continue reading
Posted in General, Places, Scent, Storytelling
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July 8, 2011
The Concept of the Fragrance — and the Prison. What’s Left in the End of Solitude? Listening to prisoners led Beaux to create perhaps the greatest perfume ever. I listen. I was talking to a prisoner — this, a casual … Continue reading
June 27, 2011
The Design of Parfum | The Art Direction of Place
Le Labo | Perfumed Environments: The Design of the Fragranced Retail Experiences To every product, there is a story, to every story, there is a telling — and in every telling, there is a person that offers that tale. In … Continue reading
June 15, 2011
The Design of Parfum | The Art Direction of Place
Aedes De Venustas | Perfumed Environments: The Design of the Fragranced Retail Experience The idea of a space, a place, defined for the selling of scents can be an evocative experience. In one instinct — that place could be clean, … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Concepts, Scent
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June 8, 2011
The Design of Parfum | The Art Direction of Place
Frédéric Malle’s Editions De Parfums | Perfumed Environments: The Design of the Fragranced Retail Experiences There is an emergent strain — a marketing movement — that speaks to the spirit of the celebrity of perfume, the designers of the architecture … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Interior Design, Places, Retail, Scent
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March 25, 2011
TOXIC PERFUMES | Industrial Fragrances
Scents that celebrate urban experiences: the innovations of Comme des Garçons (and others) in fragrance concoction; there are fumes that might be called poisonous to some, others that live in the interpretation of city scents, industrially composed and material notations … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Scent
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November 29, 2010
Pungency | the notations of scent and fragrant puncturing
Experience design, recollection, fragrance and holistic presentation “When Cleopatra first travelled to meet Mark Antony, her arrival was announced by the pungent perfumes before her barge was in sight.” The History of Perfumes What counts in the mind and memory, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Scent, Trends
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