Jean Paul Gaultier, the French designer whose fashion house has been in partnership with Hermès since 1999, said Tuesday that Puig Beauty & Fashion Group, a Spanish company whose primary focus is perfumes, was acquiring a controlling 60 percent share of the company.
— From Spanish Fashion Firm Buys Controlling Stake in Gaultier at The New York Times. Thanks to Kevin for the link!
A short animation for the Jean Paul Gaultier Classique & Le Mâle fragrances for Summer 2011.
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From Marc Jacobs, a (cute as a button) limited edition refillable purse spray in the Daisy Eau So Fresh fragrance…
Here they are, the limited editions of Classique and Le Mâle for Summer 2011. Jean Paul Gaultier’s inspiration this year: Maori tattoos…
Jean Paul Gaultier has just launched Le Mâle Terrible, a flanker to Le Mâle (released 15 years ago). Le Mâle Terrible’s ads still feature a “sailor” but the bottle now comes with a razor blade around its neck (the “terrible” aspect). Apart from the razor blade, there’s talk of “attack” and “overdose” in the PR materials, but given Le Mâle Terrible’s cocky, super-clean, costumed model (hairier than his bald Le Mâle predecessor), one knows all this terrible stuff is tongue-in-cheek, not blade-in-neck (or nose).
Le Mâle Terrible goes on like a “tonic”…reviving, cooling; I smell grapefruit and peppery lavender, a touch of geranium leaf. Then, Le Mâle Terrible turns all smooth and creamy with coumarin, ghostly orange blossom (or a “white” floral), and rich vanilla/tonka and vetiver notes. In the extreme dry down, residual grapefruit, vetiver and cedar meld and create a slightly “sweat-y” accord — one has to get close to skin to detect it…