Frederic Malle will be appearing at several Barneys locations to introduce his home fragrance line:
“Freddie is like a fabulous character out of Proust. The mysterious cult of Frederic Malle…”
Perfume meet & greet: Bertrand Duchaufour in New York City
Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour will be making three appearances in New York City next month to introduce his latest perfumes for Penhaligon’s and L’Artisan Parfumeur…
Givenchy & Elle at South Coast Plaza
Givenchy and ELLE will “celebrate the latest Givenchy fragrance, Play” at Macy’s South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA on Saturday, 2 October from 12 noon to 6 pm…
Jean-Paul Guerlain & Thierry Wasser at The Perfume Diaries, Harrods
About the author: Nina is our guest shopper for London. If you missed her review of the Perfume Diaries exhibit, you can find it here. She took all of the images for this article.
The Perfume Diaries season at Harrods is not just about the exhibition. Throughout September, there are a number of evening events featuring some of the people and processes involved in the production of perfume.
For me, the most exciting of these was ‘The House of Guerlain’ on 9 September, with Jean-Paul Guerlain himself, and current in-house parfumeur, Thierry Wasser. I went along with my friend and neighbour Stephanie, fizzing with excitement.
All of the events are first-come-first-seated, apart from this one, which was a very hard gig to get into. On the night, the exhibition area was packed, with guests being checked off carefully on a list and absolutely no interlopers allowed to gatecrash…
Dior Illustrated ~ new exhibit in London
Dior Illustrated: René Gruau and the Line of Beauty is a new exhibit scheduled to open at London’s Somerset House on 10 November…