Rooney Mara in The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo movie
Everyone has secrets. It’s just a matter of finding out what they are.” –Stieg Larson, The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo
Perfumer Vincent Micotti and Ys Uzac Dragon Tattoo Extrait
Vincent Micotti, the Basel based Swiss perfumer of the vastly underated House, YS Uzac is a classical cellist, who along with his wife Vera Yeoh have created a collection of remarkable fragrances. Vincent has shown his great talent with the first four perfumes of YS Uzac in 2011. Music was his muse for the brilliant bruised iris/ hazy tuberose chypre that is Satin Doll (2014) and Immortal Beloved’s rich cognac stained plum (2013). With the release of the limited edition extrait Dragon Tattoo, Mr. Micotti has created his most provocative perfume to date. Before I even sprayed Dragon Tattoo, I knew that the decoration of the bottle had to be linked with the smell and that the metal studs on the leather band immediately suggested a statement.
The concept started with the challenge of creating a skin scent. Vincent wrote to us, “I realised that the usual view a perfumer have about skin smell was either light woody notes like the famous Iso Gamma, or rather traditional like a tuberose-vanilla base. Only very few perfumers would go to the extent of recreating the smell of somebody else“, he told me. Many ingredients have quite unpleasant notes, especially at high concentration, and at the same time, one may subconsciously link many other ingredients to junk food, cheap cosmetics or public environment. The work with those characteristics and quite well known natural ingredients was fascinating, and the result doesn’t leave anyone indifferent“.
Rooney Mara
So what is this scent of “someone else”. His answer is both simple and fascinating: it is tattooed skin, specifically the skin of a tattooed girl. Smelling it the first time was one of the experiences I will never forget. I have never smelled anything this fascinating, that both attracted and repelled me at the same time. When I spray it on, I envision a girl wearing latex or leather. A strong girl, androgynous, a fighter and a passionate lover. I smell her sweat, the dimestore face cream she uses. Hints of her chewing gum. The sunscreen she uses to keep her complexion pallid.
Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo
Rooney Mara as the Investigator Lisbeth Salander, in the 2011 movie “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, obviously comes to my mind when I wear this fragrance… like Lizbeth, it is frightening, intelligent., vulnerable, wary, and strangely sexy all at once. Lisbeth is a woman of incredible violence and is emotionally stranded. Unsure if you should fear or love her, yet you gravitate to her. For me, she is the embodiment of this perfume.
Rooney Mara
Urban but also dirty, a stranger in some aspects but hypnotic and so incredibly tempting. Easily it can be worn by men; it is not feminine in the conventional sense. Longevity is all day and sillage is close, (it is an extrait) as a skin scent should be. As it is a limited edition, I can only say get it while you can.
Notes: Skin, Tattoo Ink, Suncream, Face Cream, Caramel, Fruits, Musc
Bettina Korp, Guest Contributor (art direction and contributions Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief)
Disclosure: I received my sample from Vincent Micotti, opinion is my own.
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