"Beach" Duft von Matthew Williamson

[Safran]

WWD LONDON — When Matthew Williamson decided to launch his first signature fragrance, his thoughts washed up on an exotic beach.

“I wanted the central, overriding note to be reminiscent of the ***y oiliness of a girl’s warm skin after a day of sunbathing,” said Williamson, who regularly takes his inspiration from the hot shores of India, Ibiza and Morocco.

Matthew Williamson Fragrance, with its white floral notes, will launch in the U.K. in May and hit counters in the U.S., Hong Kong, Australia and Canada in September.

The designer said during an interview at his flagship here that he told the perfumer, Clement Gavarry of International Flavors and Fragrances, to “imagine the sort of scent Jade Jagger and Helena Christensen would wear — and take it from there.”

Gavarry said Williamson fell in love with Indian jasmine sambac. “From there we built a fragrance exploring the facets of the jasmine flower in completely different ways,” said Gavarry.

Top notes include bergamot, lime, neroli, tagete, ginger and cinnamon oils, a warm sand accord and schinus molle. The middle notes are jasmine sambac, orris concrete, ylang ylang java oil, magnolia flower oil, rose, gardenia and living heliotrope. The drydown is from labdanum resin, sandalwood oil, vanilla, olibanum resin, benzoin resin, patchouli heart and sensual musk.

“It reflects my personality and characteristics but it embodies the true essence of the brand; ***y, feminine and uplifting,” said Williamson, who plans to wear it himself. (He currently wears Avignon by Comme des Garçons). “I wanted it to be a contemporary and modern fragrance that would also be timeless as a classic.”

Williamson designed the rectangular, clear glass bottle with the help of Henri Monclin of Ateliers Dinand. The block-like bottle has a pink tinge to it, and a clear, cube-shaped lid. The bottle was inspired by the showpiece glass tank at the back of Williamson’s London store.

[Katze]

hab ich das jetzt überlesen oder wie heißt der duft?

[Malve]

Hi,
ich seh da auch keinen namen , außerdem, when it hits europe bzw germany-frag ich mich gerade???
nach der beschreibung klingt er für mich aber irgendwie gar ncith wirklich sommerlich, sondern eher etwas schwer-sinnlich..
bin gespannt..
vlg malve

[Safran]

Huhu,

ich habe auch keinen Namen gefunden, ich glaube er heisst einfach Matthew Williamson.
Ja, er klingt wirklich nicht sehr leicht, aber wenn er so komplex, wie der Incense Duft von MW ist, muss ich ihn auf jeden Fall testen......

Liebe Grüsse
Safran

[Katze]

achso, danke