Posted by Robin
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22 December 2008
Clive Christian has invited 50 student composers from the London Royal College of Music to create piano compositions inspired by the line's three fragrances, X, 1872 and No. 1. You can follow the project at the website, The Sound of Perfume. Nine finalists will play their compositions in front of a live audience on February 4; the winner will receive "a generous cash prize".
All proceeds from the project will be used to establish a scholarship at the Royal College of Music. (found via gcimagazine)
Posted by Robin
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7 November 2008
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
For the 2008 holiday season and the 180th anniversary of Guerlain, the brand presents Shalimar, L'Instant Magic and Insolence in “the legendary bottle of L'Heure Bleue”, with “the unmistakable round label of anther [sic] legendary scent, Mitsouko, to symbolise the timeless refinement of the House of Guerlain”…
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Posted by Robin
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10 November 2005
Clive Christian will release a limited edition bottle of fragrance No. 1, called the Artwork Edition. 1000 bottles will be produced at the price of 550 euros. Next month, the Imperial Majesty edition (mentioned in July) will be released. The brand also plans a new perfume in 2007. (via Women’s Wear Daily)
Thanks to Ellie for passing on this article about living with anosmia, or the inability to smell, from The Washington Post…
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Posted by Robin
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13 July 2005
Have any extra cash lying around? Clive Christian has released a limited edition bottle of his no. 1 scent:
But the limited edition is no ordinary fragrance: It’s bottled in custom-designed Baccarat crystal flacons, which feature 18-karat gold necks inset with five-carat diamonds.
10 bottles were produced, two have been sold so far. The price? $250,000…
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