Giverny in the Fall I // Giverny L'Automne I © CHANT WAGNER 2016 To celebrate the first day of fall, we're posting a photograph of Claude Monet's Nympheas basin in Giverny, Normandy, France......
September 2017 Archives
Cartier Debuts Series of Multisensory Experiences with OSNI 1, Le Nuage Parfume (2017) {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses} {Fragrance News}
Maison Cartier will inaugurate a series of multisensory experiences in October 2017, a new direction they wish to explore mixing art and science - bioclimate here - with OSNI - Objet sentant non identifié 1, Le nuage parfumé (Non-Identified...
Chanel Gabrielle Chanel // Perfume Logic (2017) {Perfume Review & Musings}
When you discover the much awaited new fragrance for women by Chanel, Gabrielle Chanel, inhaling it first from the bottle's nozzle, you know its personality is going to play out in the nuances of the composition as a clear...
Parfum D'Empire Le Cri de la Lumiere (2017) {New Fragrance}
French confidential perfume label Parfum D'Empire has released a new unisex perfume called Le Cri de la Lumière (The Shout of the Light) which aims to go "beyond smelling good", asserting that in essence "it is a quest for...
Political Debates in Voice Off // Débats politiques en voix off {Paris - La Courneuve Street Photography}
Political Debates I // Débats politiques I © CHANT WAGNER 2017 Last weekend, I went to a well-known festival in France organized by the main press organ of the Communist Party (PCF), La Fête de l'Humanité (The Festival of...
Tom Ford Noir Anthracite (2017) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
Tom Ford has introduced a new flanker to Noir for men called Noir Anthracite, a woody composition through and through, lit by bergamot......
Victoria's Secret Love Smells of the Concept of a Boyfriend T-Shirt (2017) {New Fragrance}
American label Victoria's Secret has issued a new perfume called Love, finally. We mean that it's just called simply that, Love. It was about time; one can wonder why they didn't think of risking themselves to launching such a...
Mugler Wonder Bouquet: Bread & Flowers (2017) {New Fragrance}
Mugler has added a ninth composition this fall of 2017 to Les Exceptions collection destined to connoisseurs primarily, entitled Wonder Bouquet, the meeting of bran with white flowers......
Le Redoutable by Michel Hazanavicius (2017) {Film Review & Musings}
New film by French director Michel Hazanavicius, Le Redoutable (The Fearsome One), is a biopic-cum-psychological-study of French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard based on the account by his first wife Anne Wiazemsky published under the title Un an après (A Year...
House of Emmanuelle Khanh Creates Debut Perfume Au Fil de Toi (2017) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
The brand founded by French fashion designer Emmanuelle Khanh, best known in pop consciousness for her oversized, owlish glasses, which she constantly sported herself as if they were the most practical glasses you could wear under the heavens, is...
Woman on Rollers // Femme en rollers {Paris Street Photography}
Woman on Rollers // Femme en rollers © CHANT WAGNER 2017 This is picture #4 from a Pigalle series shot one evening. I like the contrast between the classical bun the woman is wearing and her plastic rollers while...
Fragonard Ma Rose (2017) {New Fragrance}
Ma Rose by Fragonard is one of the perfumes launched within the new collection Tout Ce Que J'Aime (All That I Love)......
New Chanel Perfume Advertising Campaign Looks at Gabrielle Before Coco {Perfume Images & Ads}
Chanel, as you must know by now, is launching Gabrielle Chanel, a new women's perfume this fall, which is inspired by the personality of the house founder before she became Coco, the creator. It is meant to evoke the...
Untitled // Sans titre {Paris Street Photography}
Untitled // Sans titre © CHANT WAGNER 2017 I'm not sure how to call this photograph, so I'm leaving it without a title. A man looks straight ahead while a congregation of crows gather at his feet, like ciphers......
Comme des Garçons Andy Warhol You're In (2017) {New Fragrance}
Comme des Garçons' newest project, Andy Warhol You're In, is one which picks up where Andy Warhol left of in 1967, turning an experiment in the highjacking of consumerist symbols into an unisex perfume, which is now more than...