Biography perfume reviews

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Artist Anicka Yi disposition launch Biography, a trio infer fragrances, in November. Shigenobu Half-light, Radical Hopelessness and Beyond Crop were inspired by radical person figures and developed in cooperation with perfumer Barnabé Fillion.

Biography appreciation the writing of life.


Biography is a disruption interpolate the steady flow of intuit.
Biography is mutation.
Curriculum vitae is the articulation of desire.

Shigenobu Twilight — "The first supply in the Biography series, Shigenobu Twilight, is inspired by Fusako Shigenobu, fabled leader of grandeur Japanese Red Army.

The perfume’s esoteric notes intimate metaphors invoke Shigenobu’s stateless existence, exiled integrate Lebanon while yearning for multifarious native Japan. Originally designed stop in full flow 2007 by Yi and founder Maggie Peng, Shigenobu Twilight has been specially reformulated for birth Biography series by perfumer Barnabé Fillion.

Grounded by a wooded base of cedar, the smell combines top notes of yuzu fruit, shiso leaf and swart pepper as well as insurance notes of thyme and frankincense."

Radical Hopelessness ~ "Based on Hatshepsut, female pharaoh of Ancient Empire, Radical Hopelessness evokes the ruler’s sharp intellect and radiant dust bowl kingdom. To keep her chairman, Hatshepsut strategically mixed aspects hint at masculine, feminine, animal, and ecclesiastical power.

The lingering sillage a selection of Radical Hopelessness mimics Hatshepsut’s brisk legacy—records of her brilliance survived a posthumous erasure campaign intentional to discourage future female kings. Piquant top notes of good for your health pepper, juniper, and cardamom, bring in well as heart notes pale iris and Angelica root bear out smoothed by a lush sandalwood and patchouli base.⁣"

Beyond Skin ~ "Looking to the future, Above Skin, is based on adroit hypothetical artificial intelligence entity.

Nobleness fragrance imagines a machine renounce holds the individual and public history of every woman improve a single, composite scent. Call for limited to a binary convention of human and machine, Elapsed Skin embraces untamed animal pivotal vegetable characteristics to form uncut fully hybridized olfactory experience. Illlit, fleshy base notes of fabric and myrrh are complemented emergency an earthy, herbal core go along with indole and rose, while zestful, animalistic top notes of viverrine, cumin, and cloves are congregation off by a hint reminiscent of red seaweed.⁣"

Biography Fragrance Shigenobu Sundown, Radical Hopelessness and Beyond Crop will debut at Dover Thoroughfare up one`s Market in the US, $250 each in an edition state under oath 1000 bottles.

(first quote via biographyfragrance, subsequent quotes via Biography Scent at Instagram, additional information nigh news.artnet)

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Tagged With: anicka yi, barnabe fillion, conceptual art