Recently another company released a perfume based on the ballet story which unfortunately did not live up to the idea I had when reading about it.
If you watch the movie done in collaboration with the English National Ballet, all I can add is – this perfume might (live up to the idea of ballet).
“Iris Prima is a work of olfactory choreography, with Iris Absolute in the role of the prima ballerina. In a unique partnership with English National Ballet, Penhaligon’s has set about capturing the very essence of the ballet, turning to master perfumer Alberto Morillas as choreographer. Iris Prima will launch on the 9th of September…”
I got goose-bumps watching it. 🙂
P.S. My favourite part: ” Hard work and Deep Heat.” (it’s what I use on my aching muscles too)
Tagged: Alberto Morillas, Ballet, English National Ballet, Iris Prima, Penhaligon's, perfume thoughts
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What a beautiful video and a great idea for a fragrance.
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I think so too!
Can’t wait to try it. 🙂 (don’t know when that might happen though…)
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Thanks for sharing this – goosebumps on me too 🙂
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I am going to watch it again – I really enjoyed it. 🙂
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Ballet is probably my most favorite performing art so I would love this perfume to live up to the promise.
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Undina, the optimist in me is very happy contemplating the possibilities. Let’s hope it all comes true. 🙂
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Great video. I’ve worked with many ballet companies over the years and I must admit this did strike a cord. Given what’s happened at the Bolshoi recently though, I will say I did find the comment, “Passion, jealousy and competition” quite creepy.
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I completely missed the Bolshoi, should I call it an, incident. What happened?
Although I do believe that jealousy and competition feature strongly in the ballet world. Still, it would be a work of art to transform that into a perfume.
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It’s pretty heavy stuff. The artistic director was blinded when someone threw acid in his face, apparently on the orders of the principal male dancer in a dispute over the artistic direction of the Bolshoi! ALSO, one of their prima ballerinas had to seek asylum in Canada and their First Violinist died after a fall into the orchestra pit. Talk about a toxic working environment!
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I must admit I hate ballet. The scent of this in my mind is powdery, sweaty with some wood polish and stale air.
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Now you have me wondering how far or close to the mark are you? 😉
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We’ll have to wait and smell ;-).
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Well, I’m going to have to smell this. I actually liked the approach they took with this video, connecting people’s personal smell associations of ballet. It could have so easily been another cheesy video romanticizing ballet. Moments of it were, but there were enough other moments to make it interesting to watch.
Of course, I still think Penhaligon’s will make a namby pamby “pretty” perfume.
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Namby-pamby? 😀
I’m hoping for the best but we shall see. I do want to try it very badly – my hopes are up. 🙂
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I love this video! I love how very few of the smells that the dancers remember are conventionally pretty. Let’s hope that the fragrance lives up to it but doesn’t actually smell like male dancers, heated rosin, sweat, musty costumes, and hairspray 🙂
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He, he, he, I’m thinking the same thing. But I won’t mind a hint of dirtiness in it, after all, sweat is an unavoidable thing with physical exercise. We’ll know soon enough. 🙂
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Yes, we will 🙂 I must admit that I was disappointed by Vaara. It was so . . . tame and . . . uncomplicated.
That’s me trying to be diplomatic 😉
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He, he, he, yes, I can see that. 😉
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Loved the perfume – it is pretty and delicate and perfectly suited to the ballet imagery – but it is also (sadly) very fleeting on me, which is unusual.
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Oh well then, I’ll probably be disappointed. I was looking for some of the “bad” notes to appear in it…
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