The scents will be $220 per 100 milliliters.
1. Saint-Germain-des-Prés
According to Burr, it smells like:
– “A work of impressionism.”
– “The scent of this specific, chic, moneyed Paris neighborhood and the Parisian families who have lived there for generations.”
– Blurred photographs of those families who live there.
2. Reptile
According to Burr, it smells like:
– “The scents of black pepper and crystal meth.”
– “At once edible and thrillingly poisonous.”
– “A guy before us in a python jacket and toting a gun.”
– “An opaque, dangerous-looking, vulnerable-feeling man in liquid form.”
According to Slimane, it smells like:
– “A glittering olfactory kaleidoscope of all the rock stars that I have photographed and dressed for the stage over the past 25 years.”
– “An elegant top note, while immoral and poisonous notes build in, leaving an addictive patina smelling of powder, incense, stardust and glitter.”
3. Cologne Française
According to Burr, it smells like:
– “Shadowed, dappled and warm.”
– “Sweet and soft.”
According to Slimane, it smells like:
– “A trompe l’oeil classicism.”
– “Desire.”
– “A kind of femininity and softness in contradiction with a masculine olfactory structure.”
4. Rimbaud
According to Burr, it smells like:
– “The poet’s [Rimbaud’s] youth.”
According to Slimane, it smells like:
– “The idea of being 17 years old, the realm of possibilities.”
– “Teenage subtle fragility but also the spleen.”
5. Nightclubbing
According to Burr, it smells like:
– “Sharply focused photos of the club at 4 p.m., doors open to air it out a bit; the hot lights are off but the hot metal scent lingers on the leather of the booth seats.”
– He does not recommend this scent “for a hot evening at Sound in L.A.”
According to Slimane, it smells like:
– “Nights I spent growing up as a club kid in Paris from age 15 at Le Palace or Les Bains Douches.”
– “Strictly Parisian, smoky and as decadent as can be.”
6. Black-Tie
According to Slimane, it smells like:
– “A strict interpretation of my style in fashion, a sharp and dark composition, completely androgynous.”
7. Bois Dormant
According to Burr, it smells like:
– “The smoke of burning wood, the fir tree in the winter cold.”
According to Slimane, it smells:
– “Aristocratic.”
– “Like the library of a Parisian hôtel particulier from the 18th century.”
8–9. Dans Paris and Parade
According to Slimane, they smell like:
“A form of purely French neoclassicism.” Especially Parade. He likes to wear that one for day time.
