Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Marc Atlan: a perfume that smells orgasm


Art director, photographer and designer Marc Atlan imagined Petite Mort (Scent of a Woman), a feminine fragrance directly inspired by the "elusive substance produced by a woman during orgasm." For her first fragrance, Marc Atlan has staked everything on luxury with noble aromas reminiscent of "Notes of sweat, salt and urea. 

At the border between the repulsion and obsession 
Conducted by the French perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour, the fragrance "Petite Mort (Scent of a Woman)" contains Sulfurol, aroma evoking the warm milk. This sensual fragrance is characterized by a species as "harsh and insidiously haunting, on the border between the repulsion and obsession." 

A flask engraved and numbered 
The bottle of this fragrance luxury, meanwhile, was devised by Pochet Glassworks. This glass cube is provided with a neck encircled by an elegant black ribbon, but also a stopper dressed in a shiny silver metal plate. All plaques are engraved and numbered.