The Fabric of Fragrance
Photography by David Newton / Styling by Bettina Vetter
Fashion and scent go hand in hand, and Wylde was wondering how these sensuous, all-enveloping fragrances would look surrounded by the trappings of couture. A cut above…
19-69 YES PLEASE! Eau de Parfum
Post-industrial Manchester in the ‘80s: crumbling warehouses and railway arches –and an urge for experimentation. Suddenly, everything came together: the beats, the dance, the substances. The very hub around which everything revolved was, arguably, Factory Records and extended into their groundbreaking club – The Haçienda. The legendary record label merged talent from the realms of music, art and films to create one of the most significant, and lasting youth movements of the 20th century.
Keywords for the scent are gin & tonic and vinyl.
Top Notes: Cardamom – Lemon – Juniper – Cucumber
Mid Notes: Thyme – Rosemary – Rose
Base Notes: Amyris – Cypress – Cedarwood
100ML - £159
CARTIER Rivières de Cartier Luxuriance
Generous and complex, this fragrance evokes a river brimming with nature, fern, lentiscus, oak, rosemary and wild herbs. A source of natural and wild freshness whose primitive energy is magnified by the geranium.
100ML - £103
CRA-YON Continental Eau de Parfum
Continental was created during the global lockdown in 2020, where the longing for travel and exploring the world was at an all-time high. It's a woody scent featuring a curation of ingredients selected in collaboration by master perfumer Christian Provenzano.
Think of an olfactory first-class ticket to the world's continents. Each of the seven accords is like a journey through spices, atmospheres and plants from a different region: Australia (Ylang), Africa (Incense), Europe (Cypress), South America (Orange, Lemongrass), Asia (Mint, Coriander), The Caribbean (citrus and fresh) and North America (Cedarwood).
Top notes: Brazilian Orange, French Cypress, Indian Mint, Ylang Madagascar
Heart Notes: Coriander, Lemongrass Guatemala, Leather accord, Incense Somalia
Base Notes: Atlas & Virginian Cedarwood, Vetiver Haiti, Sandalwood, Oud Accord, Cashmere Musk, Amber
50ML - £75
MATIERE PREMIERE CRYSTAL SAFFRON Extrait de Parfum
INITIAL IDEA: « The comfortable brightness of saffron »
MAIN INGREDIENT: Saffron Oil Greece
CREATIVE APPROACH: A powerful and intense fragrance that highlights the beauty of its main natural ingredient, Saffron Oil Greece, considered to be the most qualitative saffron in the world. MATIERE PREMIERE Founder and Perfumer Aurélien Guichard has enriched the original Crystal Saffron Eau de Parfum with Myrrh Oil Somalia as a guest ingredient. Combined with a higher perfume concentration and an even higher dosage of saffron, Myrrh brings a round ambery richness to the radiant, vibrant facets of Crystal Saffron.
100ML - €350
Opening with the scent of the Brazilian wild orchid, its innate spiciness enhanced by Madagascan clove, the heart of this woody oriental fragrance continues to bloom with intoxicating Egyptian jasmine and orange blossom. The sheer elegance of these exotic florals resonates with the smokiness of South East Asian oud. Housed in a crystal flacon, reminiscent of the iconic emerald cut of the Graff Lesedi La Rona diamond. Radiant. Hypnotic. Sensual.
100ML - €350
HENRIK VIBSKOV LOTUS DUST RED PERFUME
Originally inspired by the elegant and outlandish natural landscapes of Asia, Lotus Dust Red has a warm heart of lotus root and sandalwood musk. It develops to include balanced top notes of mandarin, canola oil and Russian Earl Grey Tea, settling with a dry down of spiced, subtle orange blossom orals and deep musky birch.
Specific notes: Mandarin, Canola oil, Russian Earl Grey Tea, orange blossom and birch.
50ML - £114
This sublime and luxurious scent is inspired by apparent contradictions. Imagine garden roses of ancient variety, highly scented, infusing in a perfumed water of Neroli, Mandarin and Galbanum... This is the Rose's very essence.
Notes: Rose from Bulgaria, Rose from Turkey, Galbanum Mandarin, Neroli
100ML - £140
MATIERE PREMIERE SANTAL AUSTRAL Extrait de Parfum
INITIAL IDEA: A sensual white wood
MAIN INGREDIENT: Organic Sandalwood Oil Australia
CREATIVE APPROACH: A creamy sandalwood fragrance, powerful and long lasting. Founder and Perfumer Aurélien Guichard has brought Black Cardamom Absolute Nepal, exclusively developed for MATIERE PREMIERE, as a guest ingredient to the original Santal Austral Eau de Parfum. Combined with a higher perfume concentration and an even higher dosage of the main natural ingredient, Organic Sandalwood Oil Australia, Black Cardamom brings a unique intensity, taking Santal Austral to more spicy and vibrant territories.
100ML - €350
STORA SKUGGAN MOONMILK Eau de Parfum
The famous Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner is considered the founder of modern zoology, but as a true 16th century scientist he was also a prominent physician, botanist, linguist and – of course – spelunking adventurer.
In his Descriptio Montis Fracti sive Montis Pilati from 1555, he chronicles his climb to the summit of Mount Pilatus, but we also get to follow him into the caves of the Alps. 'At night, the moon shines into the cave so brightly the light itself seems to take form, like a mist. It gathers in the ceiling and makes the limestone stalactites glitter and gleam, dripping tears of white liquid into puddles on the rock floor that never dries. Moonmilk.'
Notes:
Top: Black Tea, Lime
Mid : Cardamom, Mandarin, Lily-of-the-Valley, Black Pepper
Base: Sandalwood (Mysore), Tan Leather
30ML - €150