Two Lunar New Year collector editions, either of which would work fine for Christmas too: at left, Lunar New Year Lazy Sunday Morning from Maison Margiela, 100 ml for $130, and at right, Lunar New Year Love Osmanthus Absolue Pure Perfume from Atelier Cologne, $140 for 100 ml. Both are at Sephora.
You want your Lazy Sunday Morning in red? Here it is. "Presented in a red flacon with a polaroid photograph to the outer packaging, Maison Margiela’s Lazy Sunday Morning Red eau de toilette is a warming scent that evokes imagery of soft skin and bed linen. Formulated with a heart of iris and rose, this floral fragrance is made light and refreshing courtesy of an orange flower base – perfect for everyday wear." £98 at Harrods in the UK.
Maison Margiela has launched Bubble Bath (Beverly Hills, 2005), a new unisex fragrance joining the Replica series…
Short promos for Maison Margiela Whispers in the Library, (and below the jump) Coffee Break, Under The Lemon Trees.
Whispers in the Library is a recent addition to the Maison Martin Margiela Replica fragrance collection; it “evokes the memory of a mysterious library made of antique woodwork perfectly waxed. The slowing down of time between books and the whispers of turning pages.” Its remembered or imagined setting is “Oxford 1997” and it’s categorized as an “oriental woody” scent for men or women.
I’ve spent a significant portion of my adult life in libraries — in graduate school, during dissertation research, and in various jobs — and I love the idea of a perfume inspired by libraries and old books…