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Mandarine Mandarin

The latest creation by Serge Lutens and nose Chris Sheldrake is called Mandarine Mandarin. The lilting name given to the perfume reminds

one that the mandarine fruit originally meant "the orange of the mandarin"and originates in East Asia. The historical evocation of an official from the past eating delicious oranges conjures up all the more golden yellow images of Imperial China.

A sumptuous blue celestial Chinese dragon decorates the 30 copies of the limited edition of the perfume which will be available for 800 Euros from November 2006 at the Salons du Palais Royal. The price for a bell-shaped flacon of Mandarine Mandarin, without the blue engraving, is 100 Euros.

Notes are Chinese orange, nutmeg, candied orange, peels of mandarins of Sicilia, Black Mandarin, Cashmere musk, clove, honey, beeswax, smoked Chinese tea, thyme, labdanum, rock rose, Tonka bean, and ambergris.

The perfume evokes to me a slightly complicated atmosphere of both intellectual and sensual exoticism. The perfume wearer is invited to travel on the notes of crystallized Chinese orange peels, Lapsang Souchong (black smoked tea), and the drool of the dragon or ambergris, amongst others...

Serge Lutens

In 1980, French artist Serge Lutens was asked to design a commercial brand image for the development of Shiseido's international business.

This image was to represent the company's credo: the perfect balance between “excellence”, “prestige” and “perfection”.

Serge Lutens, who was already known for his work with foremost magazines such as Vogue, and a leading French fashion designer, seemed a natural choice for Shiseido, which was looking to promote a striking international image.

Working in direct collaboration with the various departments at Shiseido, Serge Lutens designed and developed product lines which became milestones in the cosmetics and perfume industries.Serge Lutens' work goes beyond simple advertising; it has universal appeal.

Through images with a unique style and outstanding creativity, Serge Lutens has made Shiseido instantly recognisable the world over.

About Serge Lutens

Serge Lutens was born in Lille, France, and arrived in Paris about 12 years ago. Even there, his ideas in the field of the arts and fashion were considered to be unrealistic at first.

Luttens persisted with his personal approach, and was soon discovered by the Parisian underground and fashion world, and, some years later, the French Vogue magazine. He startlingly innovative style in the beauty world caught the attention of Parfums Christian Dior, and begiinning in 1969, Lutens began his tenure as their exclusive color theorist and creator of the Makiage image.

His fantasy make-up has appeared in advertisements all over the world, and he says he draws inspiration from art, nature, and sometimes the particular shade of a leaf or an exquisite piece of furniture.

Lutens himself inspires the colors and look for the twicy-yearly lines of Dior make-up, from start to finish. He first works with the color technicians, chooses the models, designs their clothes and hairstyles, applies the make-up, sets the mood in his Paris studio, and when all is right, he shoots the picture.

Lutens views make-up as fey a means of expression,fey and feels that it fey will serve eternally like the paintting for the painter. fey His photographic interpretation of his favorite painters - Renoir, Picasso, Van Dongen, Delauney, Leger and Modigliani - were given an exhibition titled Make-Up Art that was shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1973.

National Photographic - 1979

Poly

My poly is fulling of flower and something shining powder.

I made this one whith two layers, the bottom is composed of shining powder and poly, the other part is made up of flowers and poly.

I think the sample is pretty. And the container is soft enough to make sample.