replica

replica fragrances by maison martin margiela.

SOME/THINGS + rick owens

chapter 005 of SOME/THINGS will be wrapped in each of the 5 different dust shades of rick owens cashmere, scented with the yet to be released rick owens perfume. the magazine will be packaged in an embossed graphite colored box & features an interview with paul hardnen & includes a limited edition dvd of his new super-8 short film with stuart pitkin & co-produced with song boutique in vienna & SOME/THINGS agency.

petite mort parfum d'une femme

so exciting! petite mort is the first fragrance by marc atlan and will be available in a limited edition of 100. the launch is in 2 weeks through elements showcase.
for anyone familiar with atlan's history and previous work you know this is going to be impeccable.
i had the good fortune to smell a test version (not the final!!).....it.is.sublime. seriously want. i am a huge snob when it comes to fragrance -- i wear a mix of men's dior, i hate perfume and a room scent!  it is the one thing i get complimented on the most - my smell. i could not stop smelling my arm all day ... i was a little sad the next morning when it was, alas, gone.

anOther 13

self portraits by lina scheynius for anOther's first fragrance: anOther 13.
"we didn't want to make a traditional perfume image, but something more real and raw. i have done loads of self-portraits in the past - it's very much part of my work and how i started out. anOther asked if i would be interested in doing a self-portrait for the scent and i loved the idea. so i found a nice five star hotel, checked in there on my own with only my cameras and a load of film and a couple of chloé outfits, and spent the evening playing around. i shot the images on polaroid film. i love how it is instant so that i at least have some idea of where i am heading when i can't look through the lens and i love the vintage feeling of them. i used some of the last boxes of polaroid i managed to find. it's getting almost impossible getting a hold of them these days. when i work it is almost always spontaneous, and that's how i love to keep it. i don't spend a lot of time planning or thinking about why or how, i just find something that attracts my eye and then i play around with it. i usually have an idea of where to start, but not where to finish. i love it most when i manage to surprise myself. i don't like to tell the viewer what they should see in the images either. i think one of the beautiful things about photography is that every viewer can find their own story in the picture."

ysl re-packages opium

ysl have relaunched opium with a redesigned package created by german graphic designer axel peemoeller.

that's an expensive bottle of perfume!

an engraved guerlain bottle from 1870 fetched the record sum of €45,600 at an auction in the city of arcachon, in the southwest of france. the flacon is engraved with house's original address, rue de la paix.