Giorgio Armani has launched La Femme Nacre, a new addition to the Armani Privé line:
The fragrance was developed by [perfumer] Marie Salamagne, at Firmenich. It is composed of Iris Absolute and a precisely calibrated accord of different musks. The Firabs iris, chosen for Nacre, is a very rare quality. It combines the rich, creamy facet of iris, with a powdery, almost talc-like note. Mother-of-Pearl is a semi-precious stone produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. A sign of luxury and elegance, it was used in marquetry in the 19th century to adorn daily objects of the Haute Bourgeoisie.
The Mother-of-Pearl used on the Privé Nacre bottle comes from New Zealand oysters. Very thin films (around 3/10 of a millimeter) are extracted from the shells and glued on a plate that is then lacquered. Each Mother-of-Pearl film is different which makes every plate unique.
Each of the 1,000 pieces of Nacre is then numbered, on the bottle and the box, in order to give a last touch of exclusivity to this already very singular fragrance.
Giorgio Armani Privé La Femme Nacre is £500 for 100 ml, concentration unknown.
(via giorgioarmanibeauty.co.uk, hat tip to David!)
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this could make a lovely iris fragrance
At that price I will never know, LOL…but it’s sure a pretty bottle.
the price is a killer, but we can always dream
Sounds interesting, but at that price range, interest is all I’m ever going to get out of it
Yep!
last year’s la femme bleue was also very iris-dominated, is there some type of theme going on? Thank goodness for decants, that’s the nearest I can get (or will try to), la femme bleue was beautiful.
No idea, sorry! I did not get to smell that one either.
This sounds interesting. I do love powdery scents and musk and that squid ink bottle is pretty.
Highly underwhelmed by La Femme Bleue, so not as excited about this one. :-/
Oh my, that is gorgeous.
Wow, this sounds like it could be nice, but Armani Privé has gone from semi-affordable to stratospherically ludicrous.
They can keep it at that price…….considering that La Femme Bleue was a flop for me…nothing special or outstanding.