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July 14th, 2008 — , Perfume Review, eu recomendo, perfume com arte, perfume e literatura, perfume e mitologia, perfume masculino, yves saint laurent from Cris Rosa Negra @ Perfume da Rosa Negra
Body Kouros, um dos legados da perfumaria do saudoso Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008), foi criado pela nez(nariz, em francês) Annick Menardo como uma representação do homem Kouros, palavra grega que simboliza a juventude masculina, o homem belo em virtudes, esculturalmente bem delineado em sua forma física, com corpo ereto e nu como símbolo da virilidade e da perfeição. No período greco-arcaico, as esculturas Kouros representavam homens jovens cujos atributos de harmonia, estética corporal, elegância e pura graça os concebiam como descendentes de Apolo, o Deus grego da beleza, das artes, da poesia e da música.
Para conceituar a fragrância Body Kouros, diferente do seu clássico antecessor Kouros (chipré especiado, tradicionalmente, amado ou odiado, criado por Pierre Bourdon in 1981), Annick Menardo criou um perfume mais jovial , incensado e adocicado, classificado como um oriental especiado com notas de incenso, noz moscada, eucalipto , cedro da China e notas resinosas de cânfora amadeirada (camphortree) e benjoin.
Se os deuses da Grécia Antiga eram imortais, mas seus sentimentos eram humanos, então os homens podem ter o desejo de imortalizar-se como divindades humanas usando Body Kouros. Deliciosamente perfumados como um Apolo que atrai musas para as mais diversificadas reações sensoriais e físicas.
Body Kouros penetra no âmbito deste cenário grego com o deleite de uma saída de notas incensadas e especiadas que atraem ninfas exuberantes no Olimpo. Este incenso é envolvido pela base que, ainda não totalmente balsâmica e doce, explode ondas verde-amadeiradas, tenuamente medicinais de eucalipto e Cedro, como um alucinógeno phármakon grego capaz de transferir homens e mulheres para o Olimpo, ao encontro das sensações da beleza entorpecedora de Afrodite, do amor erótico de Eros, do êxtase orgiástico de Dionísio e da arte poética de Apolo; para a contemplatação olfativa do divinal e do profano, da pureza e da luxúria, do bem e do mal.
A pele exala o aroma do Olimpo, tudo em um blending olfativo ornado de nuances cristalinas, porém viris. Cristalinas como musas de Apolo que dançam suavemente ao seu redor, enfeitadas com grinaldas, cítaras, rosas e túnicas transparentes; exibindo seus corpos virginais quase desnudos, na iminência de serem desposados com o mais belo e másculo dos membros.
Quando Apolo está completamente deslumbrado com o poder da sua fragrância sobre suas protegidas e amantes musas, um desconcertante efeito balsâmico toma lugar do espaço olímpico; doce e atrativo que, misturado à névoa incensada da fragrância, desperta o jovem Kouros para o prazer luxuriante. Vagarosamente, a composição é envolvida por notas sutilmente intensas de camphorwood e benjoim. São notas resinosas, misteriosas e provocativas como rastros de um aroma sensual para atrair ménades de Dionísio.
Surgem dionisíacas endoidecidas por este odor, cada vez mais lascivas, delirantes e embriagadas para devorar o corpo Kouros. Cercados de ninfas e bacantes, os deuses humanos que usam Body Kouros morrem como estátuas. Já não são mais Kouros, seus corpos já estão entregues ao prazer terreno, o da carne perfumada.
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June 12th, 2008 — , advertising, commercial, eau libre, jazz, pour homme, vice versa, youtube, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
These past two weeks, ever since Yves Saint Laurent left this vain world for hopefully a better one (or so we have been lulling ourselves to sleep?), it has been a great pleasure writing about the fragrances of the Yves Saint Laurent brand, many of whi…
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June 11th, 2008 — , Kouros, Oriental, Review, animalic, archaic, flanker, masculine, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Kouros : how misrepresented you are. I almost feel pity… Or perhaps not. Because it has been over applied and misused by many, it earned a reputation of no less than “piss” (enter the comment of a character in the indie film “The locals” who says…
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June 9th, 2008 — , Perfume Review, YSL, YSL Tribute, rive gauche, yves saint laurent from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } La rive gauche, originally uploaded by FOTOURBANA. Today I wore Rive Gauche fo…
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June 9th, 2008 — , Fruity, Grapefruit, Review, baby doll, jean claude ellena, rose ikebana, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“Gravity cannot be blamed for people falling in love” is one of Albert Einstein’s wittier quotes. Although falling in love never held any sinister accusations against forces of nature in my mind, in a way I find myself equally irrationaly questioning …
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June 8th, 2008 — , Champagne, Chypre, Fruity, Review, Sophia Grojsman, Yvresse, que sais je, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Is there anything more French than Champagne? The delicate fizz of this refreshing wine is irresistible. Its little bubbles burst on the palate as they incessantly move upwards in the fluted crystal glasses in long, long ribbons with all the gusto of e…
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June 6th, 2008 — , M7, Perfume Review, YSL, YSL Tribute, yves saint laurent from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Yves Saint Laurent, 1971, originally uploaded by Diogioscuro. Upon applying M7…
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June 6th, 2008 — , Kate Moss, Oriental, Review, Spicy, Summer, advertising, jean louis sieuzac, jerry hall, limited edition, opium, sophie dahl, youtube, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Was this my life, or did I dream it? That seemingly rhetorical question might drive one crazy given sufficient circumstances. After all, isn’t all life, “is all we see and seem but a dream within a dream?” like Poe used to say. Or as the ancient Greeks…
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June 5th, 2008 — , Perfume Review, YSL, y, yves saint laurent from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } ysl black heart, originally uploaded by Nubby Twiglet. Today as promised I a…
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June 4th, 2008 — , Floral, Paris, Review, Rose, Sophia Grojsman, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
In a funny little tale recounted to perfume journalist Susan Irvine, the notorious Russian perfumer Sophia Grojsman was followed by a drunk one night, forcing her to walk quicker in the night streets, upon which he called out: “Hey lady, I am not follo…
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June 4th, 2008 — , Champagne, Perfume Review, Sophia Grojsman, YSL, Yvresse, yves saint laurent from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Raspberries & champagne in the garden 10, originally uploaded by frscspd. …
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June 3rd, 2008 — , Jacques Polge, Review, aldehydic, rive gauche, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“What KGB agents would have worn to seduce James Bond”* is not a bad description for any fragrance. But when it applies to an Yves Saint Laurent one you know it has the pedigree and the icy demeanor of Daniela Bianchi in From Russia with Love. Ian …
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June 3rd, 2008 — , Perfume Review, Tribute, YSL, opium, yves saint laurent from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
When Yves Saint Laurent released Opium in 1977, he didn’t really invent anything new. By that time, women and men have both been exposed to the concept of a dry, spicy oriental that captures the senses to the point of tingling numbness. Tabu in 1932 …
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June 3rd, 2008 — , commercial, y, youtube, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Serendipity works in mysterious ways and often in reverse.
I found this amazing and rarely seen clip from at least two years ago, as part of a longer film about Tom Ford (?), for Y by Yves Saint Laurent, while searching for something else. It features …
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June 3rd, 2008 — , Chypre, Green, Review, aldehydic, jean amic, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
I can recall down to the minute when I became entangled into Yves Saint Laurent’s vision. It was even before I saw his amazing couture on Betty Catroux and Talitha Getty in the photos of the glossy magazines that my mother used to buy and cut out cli…
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June 2nd, 2008 — , News, YSL, yves saint laurent from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
Yves Saint-Laurent, the last great French Coutourier has died today from brain cancer at the age of 71. Yves Saint Laurent was a significant figure in fashion history, a revolutionary in his designs as well as the social and cultural significance his f…
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June 1st, 2008 — , yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Shed a tear for a 20th century legend: Yves Saint Laurent, the saint of fashion is no longer with us… According to Reuters, French fashion king Yves Saint Laurent has died at the age of 71 [...] [his] death on Sunday was announced without any details…
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June 1st, 2008 — , Fashion, YSL, yves saint laurent from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
Some Yves Saint Laurent quotes:”I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting … but whatever it’s worth I did it.” (2002) “I always believed that style was mor…
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April 9th, 2008 — , baby doll, flanker, limited edition, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Some things are taken for granted. Well, they shouldn’t be! One of them is that Baby Doll by Yves Saint Laurent was a separate, individual creation. Or so I thought, till very recently. I am sure most of you did as well. Not so! Leafing through the new…
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March 5th, 2008 — , Jacques Cavallier, coco rocha, elle, fragrance making, kristopher dukes, olivier cresp, perfumer, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
The newest Yves Saint Laurent perfume, Elle, got a sweeping advertising campaign replete with a little clip of the Making Of. Perfume Shrine brings it to you for your witty commentary.
Jacques Cavallier (the one in the dark clothing) and Olivier Cresp …
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August 31st, 2007 — bottle, china, collectible, limited, motif, opium, orient extreme, satin, yves saint laurent from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Perfume Shrine worships at the altar of Opium. I am saying this in case some of you, dear readers, have not been aware of the fact yet (doubtful). So any news concerning the object of the Shrine’s adoration is welcome and worth mentioning. So this Sept…
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August 29th, 2007 — M7, Paris, Perfume, Tom Ford, advertising, campaign, clavin klein, emanuelle seigner, for men, lacoste, ma griffe, nu, opium, polanski, racy, sexy, taste, vulgar, yves saint laurent from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Regular Perfume Shriners will be a little shocked by this undoubtedly vulgar display of bold title and accompanying advertising image, but not really surprised as they have come to expect some scathing commentary on fragrance advertising on numerous oc…
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July 20th, 2007 — Guerlain, Paris, belle de jour, catherine deneuve, control, l'heure bleue, luis bunuel, mitsouko, prostitute, surrender, tristana, vivier, yves saint laurent from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Continuing from yesterday’s post, today we occupy ourselves with the matter of control versus surrender as manifested in matters of relationships as well as sensual escapades that pertain to olfaction. The amount of control we exercise in indulging o…
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