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Paper passion, a perfume that smells like books for booklovers. In its most fetid spot, beside a mephitic cemetery and beneath a fish stall, the hero of perfume, jeanbaptiste grenouille, is born. The paper passion perfume conceived for handmade 2011, which bottles the seductive scent of a freshly printed books, is now available to buy. Paper passion perfume is a new scent by gerhard steidl and geza schoen that encapsulates the attempt to bottle the fragrance of books to sell as, you guessed.
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Oct 17, 2012 paper passion opens with a quick touch of osmanthus bud neither too fruity nor floral and balsam of copaiba woody but with a cool bite. You have a book, you open it, theres a bottle inside and it smells of a book. Paper passion perfume by geza schoen and gerhard steidl. Im not sure if it makes you smell like new books, old books, or books with boogers between the pages, but who cares, id rather smell like any of those than axe bodyspray. Buy paper passion book online at low prices in india. The louis xiii style in perfumery, composed of the elements dear to that period orrispowder, musk, civet and myrtlewater, already known by the name of angelwater was scarcely adequate to express the cavalierish graces, the rather crude colours of the time which certain sonnets by saintamand have preserved for us.
I ran across this, suffice it to say i must try this link buy it here whether youre looking to attract a librarian, find yourself hanging out in the stationary cupboard for suspicious amounts of time or just enjoy holding a notebook under your nostrils on public transport, this is the scent for you. The packaging is made to look like a real book, with a cutout compartment where the bottle is hidden. Patrick suskinds novel is a book of smells the odors of history, in fact and on the first page 18thcentury paris is anatomized into its component stinks. The essences that we discover just by turning the pages are also quite peculiar. This tells the story of a passion and a twisting plot to put the particular bouquet of freshly printed books. I think im going to spray some on the next time i start a new book on my ipad. Paper passion perfume, book by geza schoen hardcover. Its packaging, a book with a hidden spot carved out for the bottle, was designed by karl lagerfeld.
Paper passion by geza schoen, steidl, wallpaper and karl lagerfeld. Sep 11, 2017 designed by perfumer geza schoen in cooperation with gerhard steidl and wallpaper magazine, the perfume captures the unique bouquet of freshly printed books, bringing a mix of paper and ink aroma so unique when a book is opened for the first time. Paper passion it comes as no huge surprise that karl lagerfeld would be involved in the creation of a book perfume. Books arent exactly the same thriving medium they once were, but that doesnt mean theyve lost their appeal in the hearts of diehard readers around the world. Paper passion journey through a bestseller home and. Karl lagerfeld to release bookinspired perfume, paper. This fragrance is available to purchase online at the. Paper passion is a new fragrance launched by wallpaper that captures the scent of freshly printed books.
Karl lagerfeld teams with wallpaper for scent paper passion. Paper passion perfume gerhard steidl steidl verlag. For many of us, our love of reading started by cracking open old paperbacks, whether from the library, or school, or borrowed from a parents bookshelves. Schoen spent days in the depths of the paper filled steidl headquarters in. Designed by boutique perfumer geza schoen in close consultation with gerhard steidl and in collaboration with wallpaper magazine, the perfume expresses that peculiar mix of paper and ink which gives a book its unmistakable aroma, along with the fresh scent which a book opened for the first time releases. Paper passion has above average longevity and average sillage. Jul 18, 2012 paper passion is a perfume formulated to smell like books, meant to appeal to booklovers. Paper passion perfume captures the unique olfactory pleasures of the freshly printed book. Jul 12, 2012 inspired by german publisher gerhard steidls comments that his favorite scent was a freshly printed book, wallpaper magazine has launched paper passion, a perfume capturing the unique odor.
Designed by boutique perfumer geza schoen in close consultation with gerhard steidl and in collaboration with wallpaper magazine, the perfume expresses that peculiar mix of paper and ink which gives a book its unmistakable aroma, along with the fresh scent which a book opened. Hidden inside the pages of a book, paper passion is accompanied by texts from karl lagerfeld, gunter grass, geza schoen and tony chambers. Karl lagerfelds paper passion perfume to smell like books besides fashion, karl lagerfeld is a true book lover, even more he owns an impressive library with more than 300,000 books stacked to the ceiling. Inside the grey box you find a book wrapped in luxurious red fibrous paper, not crunchy or stiff, but soft and pleasing to the touch.
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