Precious Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Swarovski Limited Edition

Dutch fashion designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have unveiled the new luxury, limited edition of the bestseller of the fashion house, Flowerbomb from 2005, available in a specially designed Swarovski crystal flacon. Originally designed by Fabian Baron, the new unique design is very delicate and handmade. Each crystal on the bottle is added by hand and creates geometric patterns on the flacon. A limited edition specialty was produced in the jewelry studio, and over the years the technique has been refined and used for custom design.

The oriental-floral fragrance of Flowerbomb was created and signed by perfumers Oliver Polge, Dominique Ropion, Carlos Benaim and Domitille Michalon Bertier. For this exclusieve edition, the composition of the scent remains unchanged. The sweetness of the flowers unique contrasted with the tea notes and patchouli make this fragrance unique and addictive.

 

The opening of the fragrance tingle with fresh accords of Indian osmanthus, bergamot and tea; The heart is dominated by Cattleya orchid, floral and opulent with intensive, sweet, and pure Sambac jasmine, seductive centifolia rose, orange blossom, and freesia, while the base is composed of a blend of musk and patchouli.

The truly exclusive edition is available in 20 bottles sold worldwide in 100ml Eau de Parfum, designed to be refilled with Flowerbomb. The price of this special edition is $1800.

Come into the beautiful world of Viktor & Rolf.

 

 

 

 

Chanel announces actress Margot Robbie as the face of the Maison’s newest fragrance

 

Beyond her talent and radiant beauty, the French Maison was drawn to the captivating personality of Australian actress and producer Margot Robbie as the face of the Chanel Gabrielle Chanel Essence scent. The perfume is the first flanker of the new Chanel chapter, the fragrance Gabrielle from 2017.

Created by perfumer Olivier Polge in cooperation with the Chanel Laboratory of Fragrance Creation and Development, this new olfactory interpretation of Gabrielle, Chanel reveals a trail that is more voluptuous and opulent, solar and enveloping. Composed around four white flowers revered by Chanel, such as jasmine, tuberose, orange blossom and ylang-ylang, the Essence gives a majesticrole to Grasse tuberose.

Margot Robbie who plays Sharon Tate in the new ‘Once Upon a Time…… in Hollywood’ movie by Quentin Tarantino, follows in the footsteps of fellow stars such as Keira Knightley, Kristen Stewart and Lily Rose Depp.

To discover the new fragrance, Gabrielle Chanel Essence will be released on September 1st, 2019. Come into the beautiful world of Chanel.

 

 

 

 

Les Eaux De Chanel

French Maison Chanel launches Les Eaux De Chanel, a new line of three Eaux de Toilettes that will be sold exclusively at Chanel boutiques and the Chanel website starting June 2018. The collection created by perfumer Oliver Polge is named after travel routes and the ties between Gabrielle Chanel and certain cities during her career, offering ‘a sense of freshness that is as emotional as the memory of a journey’.

Inspired by three destinations beloved by Gabrielle Chanel, Les Eaux De Chanel start a new chapter in the history of Chanel fragrances. A sensation of freshness. A journey in every spray.

Chanel Paris – Deauville

Gabrielle Chanel and her aunt Adrienne in front of the Chanel Boutique in Deauville, 1913. Chanel collection

Inspired by the landscapes along the Normandy coast, Paris – Deauville transposes this bucolic charm to the heart of a fragrance of the open air.

Chanel Paris – Deauville is an aromatic-citrusy fragrance that possesses a ‘lively, natural, radiant freshness’, inspired by the Normandy coast where Gabrielle Chanel opened her first boutique in 1913. The fragrance is designed to convey rural charm with green nuances that resemble clean, fresh air.

Top notes: Sicilian orange, Basil, eergamot, Lemon, Lime, Petit grain
Heart: Jasmine, Rose, Hedione, Green notes
Base: Patchouli

Pairing the green facets of Basil with sparkling top notes of Sicilian Mandarin, this aromatic citrus fragrance unleashes a lively, naturally radiant freshness.

 

Chanel Paris – Biarritz

The Chanel Boutique in Biarritz, 1931 Photo Seeberger, Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Inspired by the pure air and energy of the Basque coast, Paris – Biarritz captures the spirit and freedom of this significant city.

Chanel Paris – Biarritz is announced as an exeptionaly fresh and vivacious scent inspired by the energy of the Basque coast. In 1915, Gabrielle Chanel discovered the city of Biarritz, which delighted her with its at the same time sporty and sophisticated atmosphere and where she opened the first couture house across from the casino. The fragrance contains sparkling fruity notes of Sicilian tangerine and lily of the valley.

Top notes: Tangerine, Grapefruit, Bergamot, Lemon, Orange
Heart: Lily of the valley, Neroli, green note
Base: White musk, Patchouli

Vibrant and delicately fruity, Sicilian Mandarin highlights the sparkling radiance of a Lily of the Valley accord in this lively fragrance that is as refreshing as a splash of sea spray.

 

Chanel Paris – Venice

Gabrielle Chanel on Roussy Sert’s yacht in Venice Photo V.H. Grandpierre.

Inspired by the exotic and enchanting city of contrasts, Paris – Venice interprets the captivating draw of this legendary place that marks the boundary between East and West.

Chanel Paris – Venice is a fresh oriental fragrance inspired by one of the favorite cities of Gabriele Chanel – Venice. In 1920, this city meant love at first sight to her and a fresh start after the death of Boy Capel. The Baroque and Byzantine art works of Venice became an inspiration for her style. Paris – Venise as a perfume represents the border between the East and West, the contrasts of light and dark tones, as well as freshness and sensuality.

Top notes: Orange, Bergamot, Lemon, Petit grain, Pink pepper
Heart: Neroli, Iris, Rose, Geranium, Ylang-Ylang
Base: Benzoin, Orris, Tonka, Vanilla, Violet, White musk

A composition of shadow and light, between freshness and sensuality, in which essence of Neroli illuminates the warm tones of an oriental accord with ambery accords of Vanilla and Tonka.

The Les Eaux De Chanel fragrances come in simple packaging with a luxurious feel and lightweight glass flacons of a more rounded shape compared to Les Exclusifs.

Using lighter-than-usual glass, the bottle is made for you to travel with ease and it is housed inside a corrugated cardboard packaging that evokes the rippling of the seawater as it recedes from the beach and leaves its mark in the sand. The matte surface of the cardboard has densified the black ink used for each inscription, presenting an even more delicate texture of the Chanel jacket.

Equipped with a unique pump, the bottle diffuses micro-droplets of fragrance for a longer time than an ordinary spray. The pump offers an effect of a soft and gentle cloud, thus heightening the soothing, comforting sensations upon application.

From 1st June 2018 onwards, the Les Eaux De Chanel fragrance collection is available at Chanel Boutiques and Chanel Fragrance & Beauty Boutiques worldwide. Each scent will be available as a 125 ml Eau de Toilette.

Come into the beautiful world of Chanel.

 

 

 

 

Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Intense

 

Sensual, captivating, and seductive are only a few words that describe a Chanel perfume. One of the most praised fashion houses in the world, Chanel crafts timeless, precious and delicate perfumes. This year, famous Coco Mademoiselle perfume is followed by a new more intense composition, Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Intense.

Top notes: Sicilian orange, Calabrian bergamot
Heart notes: Jasmine, Roses
Base notes: Madagascar vanilla, Tonka bean, Patchouli

Coco Mademoiselle Intense promises to be more powerful, with a more deeper aroma coming with an intense oriental/woody composition created by famous perfumer Olivier Polge. Even though it opens with fresh Sicilian orange and Calabrian bergamot, it unveils its real character with woody notes of Tonka bean and patchouli mixed with floral accords of roses and jasmine.

 

 

The bottle design remains the same, while the color of the perfume appears to be more gold intense. Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Intense is available as 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum.

Gorgeous actress Keira Knightley is again the face of this breath-taking and luxurious perfume, launched by Chanel.

More about Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Intense Eau de Parfum soon here on Yakymour

 

 

 

 

Chanel Gabrielle, the new fragrance

When it comes to describe any of Chanel perfumes no words are needed. Chanel is one of the leading fashion and design houses in the world today and crafts one of the most praised and alluring perfumes for true connoisseurs. Chanel Gabrielle perfume appears on market as a new floral fragrance for women advertised by gorgeous actress Kristen Stewart.

Chanel Gabrielle perfume is created by famous perfumer Oliver Polge as a seductive/floral perfume designed to please women during the day. It blends ylang-ylang, jasmine, orange, and tuberose.

Chanel Gabrielle perfume is available as 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum.

 

 

Chanel Gabrielle

Maison Chanel announces their new handbag model (since Boy in 2011) and the new fragrance, both called Gabrielle, named after the first name of the famous founder Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel. Gabrielle is the first ‘pillar’ fragrance of the house in the last 15 years.

Chanel Gabrielle Eau de Parfum is announced as an ‘abstract floral’ composition, whose creation is signed by perfumer Oliver Polge. Other details of the fragrance notes have not been revealed yet.

It promises to exalt the rebellious, mold-breaking spirit of her early years before she became Coco. Watch the beautiful one-and a half-minute video – Inside Chanel, Gabrielle, A Rebel At Heart – below for more insight into the real Gabrielle Chanel.

More about the new Chanel Gabrielle fragrance soon here on Yakymour….

 

 

The Nose: Pascal Gaurin

Pascal Gaurin was born circa 1970 in France. This French Perfumer works for IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances) as Senior Perfumer for the Fine Fragrances division (Click photo to enlarge).

Pascal had no objective reasons to become a perfumer, but chose it thanks to his gift. His fascination with scents was so great that as a child, he literally explored the world with his nose, causing his mother to wonder if he was afraid of being poisoned.

Pascal studied and graduated at ISIPCA in Versailles and a year after that he began to work in IFF, first in Hong Kong, where he enriched not only his olfactory palette, but also gained a deep understanding of the art, customs and olfactory preferences of people in Asia. Then, in 1997, Pascal was offered the chance to work in IFF, New York, the city of his dreams. The city where everything happens, and where all smells come together.

Most inspired by very dense essences, Pascal Gaurin is fond of resins, deep woods and anything that can express extreme sensuality. His taste for darkness probably originates from his grandparents’ home in Creuse, France. ‘The forests are very dark there, it always feels like it’s night time, you can feel the vapors of humus, mushrooms, leaves and bark. . . I love frontal materials, those you need to tame like sculptor does stone, by keeping the volume but making it flow’. This is where he gets his affinity for cistus, patchouli, Cashmeran and vanilla, ingredients he qualifies as erotic.”

IFF

Other passions of Pascal, which help him in his work, are music and film. The palette of fragrances created by Pascal Gaurin is wide indeed:

• 2000 Givenchy ‘Oblique Play’ (with Jean-Claude Delville)
• 2002 Calvin Klein ‘Crave’ (with Yves Cassar and Jean-Marc Chaillan)
• 2002 Liz Clairborne ‘Bora Bora’ (with Oliver Polge)
• 2003 Calvin Klein ‘Eternity Purple Orchid’ (with Sophia Grojsman)
• 2004 Curve ‘Crush Men’ (with Jean-Marc Chaillan)
• 2004 Karl Lagerfeld ‘Liquid Karl’ (with Bruno Jovanovic and Sandrine Malin)
• 2004 Liz Clairborne ‘Realities’ (with Jean-Marc Chaillan, Laurent le Guernec)
• 2005 Liz Clairborne ‘Liz’ (with Jean-Marc Chaillan, Laurent le Guernec)
• 2006 Banana Republic ‘Rosewood’
• 2006 Curve Chill Men (with Jean-Marc Chaillan, Laurent le Guernec, Loc Dong)
• 2007 Christian Lacroix ‘Noir’

Christian Lacroix ‘Nuit’ (Click photo to enlarge).

• 2007 Tom Ford ‘Black Violet’ (with Clement Gavarry)
• 2007 Calvin Klein ‘Eternity Summer’ (with Clement Gavarry)
• 2008 Patrick Dempsey ‘Unscripted’ (with Yves Cassar)
• 2008 Emanuelle Ungaro, ‘U by Ungaro for Him’ (with Yves Cassar)
• 2008 Calvin Klein ‘Eternity Summer’ (with Yves Cassar)
• 2008 Jessica Simpson ‘Fancy Love’ (with Celine Barel, Clement Gavarry, Yves Cassar)
• 2009 Michael Kors ‘Very Hollywood’  (with Laurent le Guernec)
• 2009 Valentino ‘Valentino’
• 2011 Christian Lacroix ‘Nuit for Him’
• 2012 Vera Wang ‘Lovestruck Floral Rush’
• 2013 Diesel ‘Loverdose Tattoo’ (with Anne Flipo)
• 2014 Diesel ‘Loverdose Tattoo EDT’ (with Anne Flipo)
• 2015 Diana Vreeland ‘Daringly Different’
• 2015 Oscar de La Renta ‘Extraordinary’ (with Bruno Jovanovic)

Oscar de La Renta ‘Extraordinary’ (Click photo to enlarge).

by Jean Amr

The Noses

We all have a nose.  But some ‘noses’ are very special indeed: that’s industry-speak for perfumer. In reality, being a ‘nose’ is a challenging job that takes up to seven years of study – and (mostly) qualifications in Chemistry…

Francis Kurkdijan (Click photo to enlarge).

I’m always fascinated by noses.  And by the ‘Creative Directors’ and ‘evaluators’ who work in this field, too: almost ‘go-betweens’ between brands and fashion designers, and those noses, a little-known, but most important role.

Aimé Guerlain (Click photo to enlarge)

Oliver Polge (Click photo to enlarge).

These men and (increasingly) women, have the talent and skills to whisk us through time and space – bringing back memories of people and places we’ve known and loved.  Through their artistry, we can feel more romantic, more powerful, more beautiful, more creative…

Jean-Claude Ellena (Click photo to enlarge).

François Demachy

Christine Nagel (Click photo to enlarge).

Thierry Wasser

Jean-François Latty (Click photo to enlarge)

I believe their talents should be recognised and celebrated – just as composers, artists and (more recently) chefs are acknowledged for their gifts, and the enormous pleasure they bring us.  Until lately, almost all perfumers worked behind the scenes, anonymously.  Now, noses are emerging from their laboratories, starting to talk about their creations, and what goes into them….

 

Starting soon……. here on Yakymour: The Noses!

by Jean Amr

Jesus Del Pozo Halloween Fleur

Jesus Del Pozo launches a new perfume for women, Halloween Fleur – an intoxicating and pleasant fragrance with an accentuated Jesus Del Pozo – style finish. Jesus Del Pozo Halloween Fleur is all about a fresh flowery aroma touched by feminine charms. Also, a romantic and daily fragrance that explores notes of flowers, fruits accompanied by woody accords. Halloween Fleur has a sweet and pure design that defines its fragile, fresh character.

Created by Oliver Polge, Carlos Benaim and Nicolas Beaulieu, Jesus Del Pozo Halloween Fleur is a daydream perfume for most audacious women composed of sweet mandarin, violet leaves and pear nectar along with orchid, sambac jasmine and lilac notes. The base possesses a blend of cashmere wood, amber and musk.

The flacon is created in the same form as the previous Halloween editions, but this time in a gentle champagne color with a purple flower on the neck of the flacon. The base of the flacon, its neck and cap are colored in a matt gold color and perfectly match with the shiny body of the flacon. Danish model Josephine Svenningsen is the face of the new fragrance, and the advertising photos are signed by Javier Tomás Biosca.

Jesus Del Pozo Halloween Fleur will be available as 100ml Eau de Toilette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Choo Parfum

Malaysian, and London based, shoe and fashion accessoiries designer Jimmy Choo introduced its first fragrance Jimmy Choo Eau de Parfum last year, followed by its Eau de Toilette version and a limited edition Parfum shortly after the same year.

 

Now Jimmy Choo re-launches its alluring Perfum from last year in a more summery, fresher version Jimmy Choo Parfum. The original composition is further deepened and intensefied in this luxurious limited edition.

Top notes: Candid orange
Heart: Tiger orchid
Base: Amber, Sandelwood, Patchouli, Toffee

Created by Oliver Polge, Jimmy Choo Parfum is composed of accords of candied orange, tiger orchid, toffee caramel, amber, sandalwood and patchouli. It is a limited edition perfume decorated with black details that makes this fragrance eye-inspiring and attractive.

Unlike last years edition, the new flacon and box are decorated with black details. The new face of the advertising campaign for the Jimmy Choo fragrance is supermodel Caren Pedaru.

Jimmy Choo Parfum is available as 40 ml pure parfum.