A fire broke out in the Curling Bros. barbershop in Westlake, NY in 1891. All the shaving tonics with their spearmint, lime, vanilla and lavender burned
A charred bottle was found half-full. It smelled like this
Extravagance Russe by Perfumer Clement Gavarry was created as an homage to Mrs. Vreeland's love of Orientalism
Capturing the essence of amber's sacred and mystical note in perfumery, the fragrance goes deep into the collective olfactive memory. It maintains the original codes of amber within a contemporary structure. The scent harmoniously wraps luxurious resins and balsams with precious vanilla bourbon and musk for an enhanced impression of skin like and captivating sensuality
A combination of emotions and an intense bouquet, which finds its ultimate expression in the tradition of a land rich in sun and in persistent raw materials Created and designed for Carthusia by the Neapolitan artist Lello Esposito, an exclusive Pulcinella that gives a new face to the traditional Carthusia packaging In Terra Mia the sweetness of coffee is combined with hazelnut, vanilla, neroli and pink pepper
Coeur De Noir considers the relationship between the sea and the art it has inspired
Pen and ink drawings of yachts, old libraries of nautical fiction and tattoos are all referenced here in this warm, dark fragrance
Accords of Black Ink dominate; west Indian spiced rum; papers lost and found; the familiar dry accords of leather bound books balanced with warm enigmatic notes of vanilla pipe tobacco. All finely based around a dark heart of birch tar and labdanum
Using the historical cargoes of British ships as its key notes, Vi Et Armis recalls the words of George Bernard Shaw: “Emotional excitement reaches men through Tea, Tobacco, Opium, Whisky and religion”
Paradoxical and challenging; singular and narcotic
A multifarious and infatuating composition of carnation with the herbaceous-earthy aspects of myrtle, wild marjoram, cinnamon bark, and birch and labdanum resin. Sweet-spicy olibanum and tonka provide the rich and opulent character of the heart note. The distinctive elements of leathery are accompanied by the combination of Burma-Gurjun Raisin and exquisite Atlas-Cedarwood. White musk and grey amber round the composition off with depth and warmth
The precious, 22 carat gold plating decoration gives the bottle its avant-garde appeal. The exaggerated dimension of the exotic African wenge wood cap adopt the bottle´s form, mirroring the extreme diameter
Constructed around the captivating frankincense, the only ingredient that smells both sensual and ecclesiastical at the same time. As well as embracing its resinous nature with benzoin and cistus, a suede accord was added for heightened tactility
