Kürzlich habe ich der Parfumerie Stemmler in Zürich an der Kasse eine wunderschöne Parfumflasche gesehen. Ich war ganz hin und weg. Und auch vom Duft war ich so begeistert, dass mit die nette Verkäuferin direkt eine leere Probe abgefüllt hat. Von ihr habe ich auch erfahren, dass es Schmuckstücke im gleichen Stil gibt. Die Rede ist hier von dem Parfum "Oriens" von Van Clee & Arples.
Ganz viele Fragezeichen, warum ich dieses Parfum noch nicht kannte - dieses ist nämlich bereits seit 2010 auf dem Markt.
Natürlich habe ich zu Hause grad gegoogelt und diesen wunderschönen Ring mit einem riesigen Turmalin & Diamanten gefunden. Die Parfumflasche wurde von Designer Joël Desgrippes entwickelt und dem Schmuck nachempfunden.
Der Duft von Oriens:
Orientalisch & sinnlich. Mit Noten von Himbeere, Praline und Johannisbeere - und einem Hauch von Jasmin, gemixt mit Patchouli.
Auf Douglas findet ihr Bewertungen von anderen Frauen, die durchwegs positiv ausfallen. Interessant: Der Duft wird mit Chanel Chance und Victor & Rolfs Flowerbomb verglichen. Beides Düfte, die ich ebenfalls sehr mag.
Ich habe dann bei Van Cleef und Arples angefagt, ob sie mir Infos zu diesem Produkt zukommen lassen könnten. Sehr erstaunt war ich, als einen Tag später die PR-Info zu diesem Parfum in meinem Postfach war. In der Schweiz habe ich bisher mehrere schlechte Erfahrungen mit Anfragen gemacht: Sehr oft kommen keine Antworten von Luxus-/Premiumbrands. Viele sind wahrscheinlich noch der Meinung, dass Blogger keinen Stellenwert haben - und man macht sich nicht mal die Mühe, eine Antwort zu senden. Nun ja - im Ausland (hier: Paris) & in den USA ist man da eindeutig weiter. Da bekomme ich wirklich in der Regel ein Feedback.
Somit hier der englische Text aus der PR-Mitteilung von Oriens:
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In 1976, Van Cleef & Arpels became the first jewellery House to create its own fragrance: First, now a classic perfume. With their shared dedication to absolute femininity, the two universes of Fine Jewellery and Luxury Perfumery complement each other perfectly.
Van Cleef & Arpels has always instinctively known that these two timeless worlds were made for each other. Pierre Arpels said, "As our ambition is to create the most beautiful, timeless pieces, we also aim to create the most beautiful, ephemeral pieces."
Resplendent Van Cleef & Arpels pieces are perfect partners for the skin, sculpted with gems, and the fragrances are intangible but unforgettable. The Sumptuousness and Mystery of the Orient Over 100 years of creation, Van Cleef & Arpels has invented a whole new world of Oriental jewellery in its collections, with the spiritual and sacred beauty of the Orient instilling itself as a theme close to the heart of the House, and anchored in the roots of its inspiration.
From its representations of Buddha, the symbol of Oriental culture, revealed in the 1927 Collection Privée by Van Cleef & Arpels…
Through the most mythical Asian gods as seen in the Divinité Siam clip in 1968...
To its iconic flowers in the most majestic rings, such as the Lotus Ring in 2001...
Right to the homage to the beauty of Japanese gardens in the recent Collection des Jardins in 2007.
All over the world and through many different periods, the Orient has never ceased to exert its extraordinary influence over creation at Van Cleef & Arpels.
Today, ORIENS signals the advent of the Oriental world in the universe of Luxury Perfumery, to celebrate its splendour in its very own way. With the luxurious shapes of a ring created by a fine jeweller and the rare radiance of its tourmaline, the ORIENS bottle continues the era of the fragrance-jewellery combination in the heart of the Van Cleef & Arpels creative universe.
As such, Van Cleef & Arpels blends its Luxury Perfumery with its Fine Jewellery by translating the aesthetic values from its collections into its bottles, but also by drawing its inspiration from the house's prodigious Oriental cultural heritage.
Solar Opulence
ORIENS is a Chypre fruity floral fragrance. This olfactory journey to the Orient is peppered with fleshy red fruit and transparent petals, giving it a sensual aura.
In the head notes, mandarin, raspberry and blackcurrant transport the senses into a garden where colours and light collide in thousands of different ways. Right in the heart of this adventure into a promising other world, notes of sunlight conjure up an incandescent azure blue on the horizon. Is this the Land of the Rising Sun? Jasmine petals overflow into a caress of voluptuous rain. Then, majestic patchouli makes its appearance, enhanced with praline, developing in the base of the trail with a captivating air, like the legends of the Orient. With its elegant composition, the trail of ORIENS brims with opulence, leaving a thousand suns in its wake, to keep the most treasured dreams sparkling forever.
Bottle Metamorphosis
The exceptional codes found in the rings of the Van Cleef & Arpels Fine Jewellery collections are re-worked in all their femininity in the ORIENS bottle. Its similarity to a jewel, particularly with stunning tourmaline, is immediately obvious in the intricate refinement of the piece. The House Collections are made up of rings that represent the finely tuned inspiration of the Orient, where every minute detail is an ode to creation.
Topped with a magnificent cap, the ORIENS bottle immediately sets the tone with splendid shimmering tourmaline. Just like the colour of this precious stone, the colour of the bottle defies definition in usual chromatic terms, and is truly indescribable. It releases a ballet of elusive pink, red and green nuances that will light up the skin with their iridescent facets.
The silvery leaves that remain in the shadows of these myriad reflections host the sun-coloured cap with a delicate charm. This just leaves the soft, rounded shape of the ORIENS bottle, which recalls the unique fullness and fine strokes of rings in the Van Cleef & Arpels Fine Jewellery collections.
Ornamental Impressions
With ORIENS, Van Cleef & Arpels has reached perfection. The sobriety of its perlized box reflects subtle iridescent glints. Its lettering is formed in golden rose. The cap is shaped in filigree, reflecting the multiple facets of a precious stone.
One look at the box and ORIENS invites you to discover the Orient, with its beauty and captivating mysteries.
Spectacular Reminiscence In its communication, ORIENS emanates the golden horizon of the Orient. From far off, the sun rises like a call to discover the fabulous secrets that hide within the Orient. Light rests on the bottle and it shines azure blue like an invisible flame in daylight.
Like the feeling of weightlessness, the timeless trail of ORIENS reveals another world basking in serenity, where Asian temples magically break away into the shadows.
In this sparkling wave that nothing can disturb, ORIENS by Van Cleef & Arpels adds beauty to the world with the exceptional radiance of its irresistible allure.
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Eure Justi