Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has undertaken her second project with the Denver Art Museum. For this latest project Ms. Hurwitz has a more contemporary muse, Yves St. Laurent. The exhibit is called “Yves St. Laurent: The Retrospective” and runs through July 8, 2012 at the Denver Art Museum.
Most perfume houses would be content with producing one good collection of six perfumes a year. Clearly Xerjoff does not subscribe to that kind of thinking as hard on the heels of the excellent Oud Stars Collection we have another six fragrance collection called Sospiro.
Creative Director of Amouage Christopher Chong wanted Beloved to evoke “the elegance and complexity of the modern woman: strong, empowered, animated, in control.” This was the charge given to perfumer Bernard Ellena.
Now we’re in 2012 and Mr. Buxton is giving the idea of a collection another attempt as he releases a five fragrance collection. He retains both Black Angel and Wood and Absinth and then adds three new ones: Devil in Disguise, Sexual Healing, and Sleeping With Ghosts. This time I was not disappointed as the artist I admired seems to have returned.
Luxury House Amouage introduces Beloved, a fragrant homage to the “Bergdorf Goodman Woman”.
For ‘Fils de Dieu’ Etienne de Swardt gave me two films to watch: ‘Reflections in a Golden Eye’ by John Huston and ‘The Masseur’ by Brillante Mendoza.
