Les Exclusifs de Chanel

Les Exclusifs de Chanel, a collection of ten small-batch perfumes made from some of the world's scarcest materials debuts this month. Jacques Polge, the Chanel perfumer based his new collection on the places Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel lived in and the objects she loved. Crafted for those who believe in luxury and scarcity and real design and a perfumery about creative fragrances.


The Collection:


Rue Cambon 31
A chypre -named after "Mademoiselle's" elegant Parisian apartment.

Nº 18
Centered around hibiscus seed, harvested in Venezuela exclusively for Chanel - an angular construction with a crystalline character like a translucent stone.

Bel Respiro
Hyacinth and fresh-cut grass, named after Chanel’s country house in Garche.

Coromandel
Unclassifiable rich scent of tangy fruit peel, amber and, naturally, burnished wood.

Eau de Cologne
Lots of zesty lemon. An essential for any fragrance wardrobe.

28 La Pausa
Named 28 La Pausa after a house Chanel built on the Côte d’Azur, whose gardens were filled with Iris pallida, another costly material.

Restored Classics:
Gardénia - Green floral
Cuir de Russie - Leather
Nº 22 - Green
Bois des Iles - Spicy

Nose:
Since 1978, Mr. Polge has exercised a unique power in the industry. He alone both curates and guards the work of his two (only two) Chanel perfumer predecessors, Ernest Beaux and Henri Robert. He also invents new Chanel perfumes.

Details:
Exclusively at Chanel Boutiques and Berdgorf Goodman stores
All the scents are in the eau de toilette concentration, $175 USD
6.8 fl. oz (200 ml) spray bottles, with a fancy magnetic top
There will be no marketing and no ads.
(Source: House & Garden, NY Times - Perfume Editor Chandler Burr, 'Aromascope')

Did You Know?
800 new fragrances are expected to make their appearance in 2007.

Exhibits: The Quest for Immortality

Portland Art Museum
November 5, 2006-March 4, 2007

"This exhibition focuses on the understanding of the afterlife in the period from the New Kingdom (1150–1069 BC) through the late period (664–332 BC). The pieces in these galleries—statues, jewelry, painted coffins, and other furnishings for the tomb—are evidence of their quest for eternal life. They have been lent for this exhibition by the Egyptian government and come from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, The Luxor Museum of Ancient Art, and the site of Deir el-Bahari."*

Selected Object:

Osiris Resurrecting,
664–525 BC, gneiss, with a
headdress in electrum and
gold; 115/8 x 71/16 x 217/8 in.
From Horbeit; The Egyptian
Museum, Cairo

"To be resurrected, a dead Egyptian—commoner or King—needed to imitate the form of Osiris. Once mummified, the deceased was called “Osiris,” and it was expected that he or she then would then be reborn in the same magical fashion. An unusual image of this very moment is depicted in a mummiform figure that simultaneously represents Osiris and the deceased in his form. The figure has just rolled over from its back and is becoming alert, lifting up his head, and awakening to new life."*

*Excerpts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Did You Know?
Eggplant is a relative of the tomato. It's actually a fruit - to get more specific, a berry.

Quinoa (keen-wah) is one of the oldest grains. It's considered a complete protein because it contains all eight essential amino acids.

Daylight savings time is March 11 – Nov 4

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Playlist of the Week, 02.19.07

1. Starz In Their Eyes—Just Jack
2. Australia—The Shins
3. Grace Kelly—Mika
4. Here In Your Arms—Hellogoodbye
5. Disco Friends—Just Jack
6. Exceeder—Mason
7. Lollipop—Mika
8. Into the Ocean—Blue October
9. Don't Matter—Akon
10. Little Things—Lily Allen

Did You Know?
HBO Films Longford debuted this weekend, starring Jim Broadbent (Bridget Jones Dad) and Samantha Morton (Minority Report, In America). This film is definitely worth watching - screenwriter Peter Morgan, Academy Award nominee for The Queen. Incidentally, Morton also portrays Mary Queen of Scots in The Golden Age, due later this fall.