At 17, he left for paris where he showed his drawings to michel. Yves saint laurent holding a bottle of the fragrance y, 30 bis rue spontini, paris, 1966. The museum, which opened last year, occupies the former saint laurent couture atelier. Paris by yves saint laurent 1983 yesterdays perfume. But clothing was never the only way yves saint laurent wanted to dress women in 1964 he created his first fragrance, y, a collaboration with perfumer jean amic.
The perfume is named after paris, the adored city of yves saint laurent, who created it as a tribute to the parisiennes who are always elegant, romantic, vivacious, ironic, simple and charming. This luxurious volume, published to accompany the current retrospective of yves saint laurent s work at paris s petit palais, beautifully compiles the fashion designers professional craft and personal history. Yves saint laurent was a european fashion designer born on august 1, 1936 in oran, algeria. This fragrance features notes of fruit, exotic datura flower, and musks. Yves saint laurent had a penchant for fashion design from a young age, when he began designing clothing for his sisters dolls at the age of seven. Finally, this modern and daring floral scent is balanced by creamy white musks. Karl lagerfeld will go down in fashion history as the man who forever reinvented what it meant to be a fashion designer. Growing up among the society people of oran, he was a shy young boy with a loving family. Yves saint laurent was born in the distant 1936 in the countryalgeria, which was at that time a french colony.
Yves saint laurent is roxanne lowits personal photographic history of saint laurent, the man and the fashion, from 1978, the year she first met him, to the last show he gave in 2002. Next time i go to buy a perfume thats been around longer than 10 years im. The perfume is named after paris, the adored city of yves saint laurent, who created it as a tribute to the paris iennes who are always elegant, romantic, vivacious, ironic, simple and charming. Atlas garden is a refreshing unisex floriental fragrance.
He wanted to create a lush, heavy, and languid perfume. A new sparkling fragrance inspired by paris, the city of intense love. The scent was launched in 1983 and the fragrance was created by perfumer sophia grojsman. Discover all yves saint laurent perfumes at boots, including the popular ysl elle and black opium.
A feminine fragrance, inspired by paris, the city of love. Bearer of the iconic initials ysl, the algerianborn wunderkind entered into the fashion world as an art director. Yves saint laurents legacy as a king of fashion designers, who created a masterpiece of a brand, keeps growing. The new masculine edition from yves saint laurent, a provocative blend of woody, aromatic notes wrapped in a sensual suede accord. The iconic black opium bottle adorned in a limited edition design. Yves saint laurent was born in 1936 and grew up in oran, algeria. Joy was the first word that came to mind when i revisited her perfume paris, the rosebased scent that doesnt so much scream rose as.
It was an olfactory expression of the elegance and luxury of his couture fashion a fragrance tailored for the beautiful women he dressed. He is the man behind fragrances of the world formerly known as the fragrance adviser, and now available in book form and online, a critically acclaimed guide for retailers, and the author of perfume legends, a standard work on the history of modern perfumery. In 1964, they were released the first perfume, which was strikingly different from the perfume, located on the shelves. Paris perfume by yves saint laurent, named after the origin city of its creator, paris is a strong, dreamy fragrance first marketed in 1983 as a tribute to the city of romance. This woodyfloral starts with bergamot and violet, followed my may rose and iris at its heart, ending with sensational warmth of sandalwood. Hollywood fashion, old hollywood, dries van noten, the secret history. Paris is an ebullient and romantic daydream of a scent that interlocks a fruity. This fragrance ysl appeared on the market in 2009, romantically. A delicate, romantic floral harmony around the rose.
The exotic white datura flower, the soul of the fragrance, embodies desire and seduces the senses. Yves saint laurent and dreams of the orient the new. Sets and costumes for petits wife, the dancer zizi jeanmaire. Yves saint laurent fragrances are liquid emotion the combination of the sophistication of french perfumery with daring excess. The perfume is named after paris, the adored city of yves saint laurent, who. Taming the signs and codes of his age, he created the grammar of the contemporary wardrobe and imposed his.
A seventeenyearold boy, he arrived in paris, where he began his fast career in the world of haute couture. I have been to every country in my dreams, yves saint laurent once said. The magnetic power of lhomme, now even more irresistible. Red berries and pear immediately exude sensuality and. The fragrance signature of the most subversive parisian couture brand. In 1964, yves saint laurent followed in the footsteps of poiret and chanel and launched y, his first fragrance. A floral interpretation of the classic mon paris signature. Taschen living in japan by reto guntli, alex kerr and kathy arlynsokol hardcover book. Yves saint laurent introduces a new sparkling fragrance inspired by paris, the city of intense love. Ysl, also known as saint laurent, is a french luxury fashion house founded. Red berries and pear immediately exude sensuality and femininity. About paris paris is a feminine perfume by yves saint laurent. Yes, ive always loved him and have read all the books. Get the best deals on yves saint laurent paris fragrances when you shop the largest online selection at.
While theres some controversy among perfume fans regarding the reliability of. Parisienne yves saint laurent perfume a fragrance for. Named for the city synonymous with glamour and romance, paris fragrance for women reflects its namesake. At the core of paris is a version of sophia grojsmans hug me rose that performs some kind of molecular witchery with ionones, and in so doing it links up in several directions. The new owners decided to live in the villa bou saf saf, which they renamed villa oasis, and undertook. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Yves saint laurent stands as perhaps the last great. Paris by yves saint laurent womens fragrance for sale ebay. Paris is a brilliant harmony of roses and violet flowers. Introduced in 1983, paris perfume by yves saint laurent is a woodsy floral romantic fragrance for women. Get the best deals on paris by yves saint laurent womens fragrance when you shop the largest online selection at.
Theres a twentyyearold ad for yves saint laurent paris that says everything. Paris perfume and fragrance for women by yves saint laurent. Saint laurents talent was so strong that as an 18yearold college student, he won first and third prizes in the. Shop the official online saint laurent store for a wide range of luxury handbags, ready to wear, shoes, leather goods and accessories. Paris by yves saint laurent 1983 ask sophia grojsman, the nose behind beauties such as calyx, white linen, and eternity. Karl lagerfeld and yves saint laurents rivalry changed. Paris by yves saint laurent, introduced in 1983, is a flowery fragrance that is delightful for any woman to wear on an evening rendezvous. Bbc culture yves saint laurents ultimate obsession. Perfume emporium paris premieres roses 2012 yves saint laurent. Paris is a reworking of an old earlymodern trope of perfumery the roseviolet, but in conception and form its very much a perfume of the late twentieth century. All i have to do to blend into a place or a landscape is to read a book, or look at a picture, and then use my. The scents of rose and orange flower dance together in perfect harmony with sandalwood, amber, and moss to create an enticing orchestra of fragrance that is sure to intrigue anyones senses.
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