It was an olfactory expression of the elegance and luxury of his couture fashion a fragrance tailored for the beautiful women he dressed. 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. Parisienne yves saint laurent perfume a fragrance for.
About paris paris is a feminine perfume by yves saint laurent. Discover all yves saint laurent perfumes at boots, including the popular ysl elle and black opium. Hollywood fashion, old hollywood, dries van noten, the secret history. Taming the signs and codes of his age, he created the grammar of the contemporary wardrobe and imposed his. At 17, he left for paris where he showed his drawings to michel. I have been to every country in my dreams, yves saint laurent once said. The museum, which opened last year, occupies the former saint laurent couture atelier. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands.
Next time i go to buy a perfume thats been around longer than 10 years im. The new masculine edition from yves saint laurent, a provocative blend of woody, aromatic notes wrapped in a sensual suede accord. 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. Paris perfume and fragrance for women by yves saint laurent. 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 woodyfloral starts with bergamot and violet, followed my may rose and iris at its heart, ending with sensational warmth of sandalwood. Growing up among the society people of oran, he was a shy young boy with a loving family. The perfume is named after paris, the adored city of yves saint laurent, who. Atlas garden is a refreshing unisex floriental fragrance. This fragrance ysl appeared on the market in 2009, romantically. Theres a twentyyearold ad for yves saint laurent paris that says everything. Yves saint laurent fragrances are liquid emotion the combination of the sophistication of french perfumery with daring excess. 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.
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. Yves saint laurent was born in the distant 1936 in the countryalgeria, which was at that time a french colony. A new sparkling fragrance inspired by paris, the city of intense love. 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. 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. The iconic black opium bottle adorned in a limited edition design.
A delicate, romantic floral harmony around the rose. Yves saint laurent holding a bottle of the fragrance y, 30 bis rue spontini, paris, 1966. Yves saint laurent and dreams of the orient the new. Saint laurents talent was so strong that as an 18yearold college student, he won first and third prizes in the. Named for the city synonymous with glamour and romance, paris fragrance for women reflects its namesake. 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.
A floral interpretation of the classic mon paris signature. Paris by yves saint laurent 1983 ask sophia grojsman, the nose behind beauties such as calyx, white linen, and eternity. In 1964, yves saint laurent followed in the footsteps of poiret and chanel and launched y, his first fragrance. Karl lagerfeld will go down in fashion history as the man who forever reinvented what it meant to be a fashion designer. The magnetic power of lhomme, now even more irresistible. The fragrance signature of the most subversive parisian couture brand. Paris by yves saint laurent womens fragrance for sale ebay. Paris is an ebullient and romantic daydream of a scent that interlocks a fruity. This fragrance features notes of fruit, exotic datura flower, and musks. Paris yves saint laurent perfume a fragrance for women 1983. Introduced in 1983, paris perfume by yves saint laurent is a woodsy floral romantic fragrance for women. Yves saint laurent introduces a new sparkling fragrance inspired by paris, the city of intense love.
Red berries and pear immediately exude sensuality and femininity. A seventeenyearold boy, he arrived in paris, where he began his fast career in the world of haute couture. Finally, this modern and daring floral scent is balanced by creamy white musks. In 1964, they were released the first perfume, which was strikingly different from the perfume, located on the shelves. Yves saint laurent and his models, during the french introduction party for opium perfume in 1977 in paris. The new owners decided to live in the villa bou saf saf, which they renamed villa oasis, and undertook.
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. The scent was launched in 1983 and the fragrance was created by perfumer sophia grojsman. Get the best deals on paris by yves saint laurent womens fragrance when you shop the largest online selection at. Get the best deals on yves saint laurent paris fragrances when you shop the largest online selection at. He wanted to create a lush, heavy, and languid perfume. 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 had a penchant for fashion design from a young age, when he began designing clothing for his sisters dolls at the age of seven. Red berries and pear immediately exude sensuality and. Bbc culture yves saint laurents ultimate obsession. As a teen, he left for paris to work for designer christian dior and gained. 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. 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.
Yves mathieusaintlaurent was born at the jarsaillon clinic in oran, algeria on august 1, 1936. Yves saint laurents legacy as a king of fashion designers, who created a masterpiece of a brand, keeps growing. Yves saint laurent stands as perhaps the last great. Paris by yves saint laurent, introduced in 1983, is a flowery fragrance that is delightful for any woman to wear on an evening rendezvous. The exotic white datura flower, the soul of the fragrance, embodies desire and seduces the senses. While theres some controversy among perfume fans regarding the reliability of. Sets and costumes for petits wife, the dancer zizi jeanmaire. Ysl, also known as saint laurent, is a french luxury fashion house founded. Paris by yves saint laurent 1983 yesterdays perfume. Yves saint laurent was a european fashion designer born on august 1, 1936 in oran, algeria. Paris is a brilliant harmony of roses and violet flowers. Yves saint laurent was born in 1936 and grew up in oran, algeria. 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.
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