
Etat Libre d’Orange will launch their second celebrity fragrance this March. Tilda Swinton Like This follows 2007’s Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection…

Etat Libre d’Orange will launch their second celebrity fragrance this March. Tilda Swinton Like This follows 2007’s Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection…
Earlier this year, French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange launched Fat Electrician, a “semi-modern” vetiver fragrance:
His beauty would have been his greatest asset. One imagines he was raised in the big air of Texas…
According to État Libre d’Orange and the Tom of Finland Foundation, Touko Laaksonen (a.k.a. Tom of Finland) “was one of the most influential artists of the last century” and before he began creating his beefcake illustrations in the 1950s, gay men went around lisping and limp-wristed, dressed in chiffon or dandy garb or they huddled — scared, bony and uptight — in dark corners, nervously adjusting their ties, cardigans and horn-rimmed specs. In other words, gay life, pre-Tom of Finland, was full of flamers and nerds. Perhaps Tom of Finland’s aesthetic influenced the world of fashion (and ‘gym culture’) for some gay men who hopped onto his brawny bandwagon and dressed in tight jeans and t-shirts, leather boots and jackets.
État Libre d’Orange Tom of Finland was created by perfumer Antoine Lie and contains aldehydes, lemon, birch leaves, cypress, galbanum, pine, suede, musk, gray amber, pepper, saffron, tonka bean, iris, geranium, vanilla, vetiver, and styrax. Men, as you spray on Tom of Finland don’t be afraid; keep in mind it “has no sexual orientation”…
Surf apparel and lifestyle brand Quiksilver will launch its debut fragrance for men, called simply Quiksilver, this coming July (their subsidiary for women, Roxy, has already launched Roxy and Roxy Love for women).
Quiksilver for Men is described as a woody aromatic marine fragrance. It was developed by perfumers Antoine Lie and Antoine Maisondieu…

French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange has launched two new fragrances, Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection and Noël au Balcon.
Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection (shown) is the line’s first “celebrity fragrance”, and was created for Spanish actress Rossy de Palma (Women on the verge!). The scent was developed by perfumers Antoine Lie and Antoine Maisondieu…