'85 Diesel
D.S. & Durga
Top: Saffron Leather, Suede, Vinyl
Middle: White Violet, Hiba, Castoreum
Base: Diesel Smoke, Earth Dirt, Galbanum Resin
Rama Won't You Please Come Home
D.S. & Durga
Top: Tree Flowers, Tendu Leaf
Middle: Tuberose, Gardenia
Base: Civet, Cetalox, Papyrus
No. 5
Chanel
Arguably the most famous perfume in the world – most memorably endorsed by Marilyn Monroe – Chanel No. 5 continues to fascinate and claims millions of devotees around the world. Created in 1921 by Coco Chanel, the perfume was one of the first to use synthetics. To complement her pioneering fashion, Chanel wanted to give the modern woman ‘a perfume, but an artificial perfume…not rose or lily of the valley…a perfume that is compound’, presented in a distinctively pared-back glass bottle that would become an icon in its own right (inspiring a series of works by Andy Warhol decades later).
Presented in two volumes (one on the early years of Chanel No 5 from 1921 to 1945, the other on the period in which Chanel No. 5 went truly global, from the postwar years to today), Chanel No. 5 explores the evolution of the perfume’s packaging, composition, manufacture and marketing, with unprecedented access to the Chanel archives and those tasked with creating the fragrance today.
The world’s leading creatives have lent their talents to the perfume’s advertising campaigns, which are given pride of place in the book, from photographers such as Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton, to film directors including Ridley Scott and Baz Luhrmann, and stylish muses – Coco Chanel herself, of course, as well as Suzy Parker, Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman, Gisele Bündchen and Lily-Rose Depp.
Specifications - Hardcover. 426 pages.
Muller Van Severen
Works 2011-21
Muller Van Severen is a joint design project of the photographer Fien Muller and artist Hannes Van Severen. The work of photographer Fien Muller and artist Hannes Van Severen lies on the edge between art and design: they favour functional furniture with refined shapes and contours, but at the same time the pieces also have something fragile and frivolous about them. Muller and Van Severen have been working together for a decade and during this time, the combination of their family roots, work process, and the use of simple industrial materials in combination with a rich colour palette have created an influential body of work – elementary forms shape functional sculptures that grow into vibrant spaces.
Through conversations and visual references, dialogue unveils the origins, the complexity, and the references embedded in the DNA of Muller Van Severen’s work. Curator Jan Boelen leads an exploration of the designers’ universe, through interviews with Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen, curator and critic Beatrice Galilee, and architects Arno Brandhuber and Sam Chermayeff.
Specifications - Hardcover. 360 pages.
Vogue Paris:
100 Years
Vogue Paris has always been so much more than a fashion magazine. It has assumed a central and vital role on the international cultural stage, with a history that spans the most inventive decades in fashion and taste, and in the arts and society. It has acted as a cultural bellwether, putting fashion in the context of the larger world in which we live and mirroring its times – the postwar renaissance of Paris and haute couture, the New Wave, the radical seventies, the glamorous eighties. As it enters its second century, it remains at the cutting edge of photography and design.
Published to mark the magazine’s centenary, this book celebrates Vogue Paris’s history from its first issue in 1920 to its current incarnation with Emmanuelle Alt at the helm. On its pages are creations by some of the greatest artists of their era, whether distinguished illustrators such as Lepape, Gruau and Benito, or photographers such as Man Ray, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin and Mario Testino. Here, too, are iconic faces: Catherine Deneuve, Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Kate Moss and more. And of course, it showcases the fashion designers who defined the century – Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, McQueen – and explores more broadly the changing mores of the past hundred years.
Specifications - Hardcover. 296 pages.
Grapefruit Generation
D.S. & Durga
Imagine a grove far off. Put a gem in the ground. Surround it with flowering bushes. Pick a rare animal to lay over the gem. Spray this on your wrist.
Top: Pomelo skin, elm leaf, silver
Middle: Hawthorn flower, tuberose, paradisone
Base: Cork, grapefruit, animalic musk
Specifications - Eau de parfum
Please note: Perfumes are only shipped to EU.
PORTABLE XMAS TREE
D.S. & Durga
Top: Black spruce, cardamom
Middle: Forest cedar, spiced cones
Base: Nootka cypress, red cedarwood
Specifications: 7 oz / 198 g.
*Limited Edition*
Issue 01: Resurrected
If Not Now
Expedition North Watch
Timex Archive
This Expedition North Watch feature a solar-powered movement that lasts up to 4 months and eliminates the need for battery changes. The Field Post 41 Solar is a military-inspired outdoor watch made to accompany you anywhere. It also boasts an anti-reflective sapphire crystal, 100-meter water resistance rating and a screw-down case back and crown in a perfect 41mm case profile. And thanks to the luminescent hands and dial markings, the sun works overtime to make this watch legible in the dark. Equipped with a comfortable green fabric strap made from 100% recycled plastic and crafted to last. This watch can stay on your wrist all the way to the top.
Specifications - Case: Stainless steel. Water Resistant to 100 meters. Eco Friendly Strap. Interchangeable Fabric Double Layer Slip-Thru Strap. Diameter: 3 cm. Strap width: 1.5 cm.
Stylecode - TW2V03700QY
Color - Gunmetal
Soulland x Skagen
Soulland
Soulland x Skagen Melby watch.
The two Danish companies, Soulland and Skagen, have joined forces on creating this unique watch made of 50% recycled steel.
Specifications - 50% recycled stainless steel, 50% stainless steel. 40 mm.
Color - Black
Stylecode - 21187-1204
Valerie Cardigan
La Fetiche
Specifications - 100% lambswool. Made in Scotland. Measurements (size M) - Chest: 65 cm. Lenght: 74 cm.
Color - Oatmeal / Neon Pink
Stylecode - Valerie
Toor Toor
Régime des Fleurs
A tuberose perfume that reimagines the infamously mesmerizing and sensual white flower as raw, green, earthy and bitter. From Régime des Fleurs and Christopher Niquet.
Top: Grapefruit Rind, Violet Leaves, Vetiver Oil
Heart: Tuberose Absolute, Vetiver Heart, Freesia
Base: Ditax Wood, Vetiver Concentrate, Leather
Specifications - Eau de Parfum. 75ml.
Please note: Perfumes are only shipped to EU.