From Lanvin, a lovely animation for Mother's Day (in France, that was this past Sunday). Lanvin's mother-daughter logo, originally drawn by Paul Iribe, was later reworked to become the bottle design for Lanvin Arpège.
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New at bigelowchemists: Canvas & Concrete fragrance primer.
New at liberty (UK): Byredo colognes.
New at sephora: Guerlain Limon Verde, Acqua di Parma Colonia Leather.
Aj Arabia, a new niche perfume house based in Abu Dhabi, has launched Black I and Black II, two unisex fragrances…
After perusing a Seventeen magazine from August 1967, I’ve come away with three observations: First, plaid was in. Second, so were Orlon, Dacron, Dynel, Kodel, Avril Rayon, and something called Celanese acetate. Finally, teenagers sure had sophisticated taste in fragrance. This issue, labeled “Your World in the Greatest Fashion Issue Ever!” is a fat one, so let’s get started.
The first perfume ad is a two-pager for Chanel No. 5. It features a man in a skinny tie with a football in one hand touching the chin of a blond clad in plaid Orlon. Perfume is $8.50, and Eau de Cologne will set you back $3.50. “Caught…By the spell of Chanel,” it says…
French niche line Parfums de Nicolaï will launch Musc Monoï, a new musky floral summer fragrance, in June…