Byblos has launched Byblos Essence, a new perfume for women. The tag line: “be in rapture”.
The Byblos Essence fragrance is itself an expression of sophisticated simplicity and of embracing sensations. It is a fragrance of contrasts, merging citrus notes to ozone and marine notes and balsamic woody notes…
Behind the scenes at the photo shoot for John Galliano by John Galliano. The ad was shot by Jean-Baptiste Mondino; the model is Guinevere Van Seenus. In case you missed the finished print ad, I’ve included it below the jump.
The music is Felix da Housecat’s remix of Nina Simone’s Sinnerman.
Le Labo’s “city-exclusive” series, whereby they make a special perfume for each city in which they have a boutique or fragrance counter, and if you live elsewhere, forget about it*, either annoys you or it doesn’t. I find it mildly annoying. The perfumes aren’t impossible to get — there are ways around everything except death and taxes, right? — so to my mind the biggest annoyance is that they cost considerably more than the “regular” Le Labo fragrances.
That said, I adored their first city-exclusive, the wonderful Tubereuse 40 for New York, and I liked Vanille 44 for Paris as well…
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Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian plans to open his own fragrance house next summer, but don't call it a niche line, or even a brand:
It’s a [fragrance] house that has its owner and friends, but not a brand. And even less so a niche brand—I don’t associate myself with what one would call niche…