Maison Martin Margiela Line 3 (Untitled) (2010): Dark Galbanum & Dirty Green Musk {Perfume Review}
(Untitled) by Maison Martin Margiela is the debut perfume of a fashion label known for its creativity. If you think that an interesting mind, that of designer Martin Margiela, can apply itself to an unfamiliar medium and still be able to offer the same kind of aesthetic rewards, thanks to its sense of criticism but without being a perfumer in the technical sense of the term, then you would expect the first perfume by Martin Margiela to be interesting.
The conceptual apparatus surrounding the scent is undoubtedly signed Margiela. The non-name of the perfume to start with, is consistent with the vision of the house founder,
"Its [the perfume's] ambiguous title sits in harmony with the brand's philosophy of collective work, anonymity and free interpretation, allowing the scent to hold different meanings for different people. "...
Since we tend to think of perfume as revealing of the personality of its creator, it can be a little confusing or at least disappointing to learn that Margiela left the label for%
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Very graphic and elegant description.
However there is one error I must point out. This article states that galbanum was retrieved from grazing goats. This is incorrect. LABDANUM was the resin retrieved from grazing goats.
Other than this one misquote, this was a great descript.
Posted by: Curtis | May 31, 2010
Thank you -- I made the correction. I got carried away by the animalic, goat-y impression of the "labdanum-in-beard" feel, as they used to describe the labdanum with goat hair in it, while translating it automatically as "galbanum" because it is quite green. By the way, that might correspond, more than I ever thought, to the bearded Martin Margiela associates.
Posted by: Marie-Helene Wagner | May 31, 2010