Für 88 EUR ist im Herbst ein Bücherparfüm zu erwerben. Ich zitiere aus dem Verlagsprospekt:
Geza Schoen and Gerhard Steidl
Paper Passion Perfume
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Paper Passion Perfume captures the unique bouquet of freshly printed books. Designed by boutique perfumer Geza
Schoen in close consultation with Gerhard Steidl and in collaboration with Wallpaper* magazine, the perfume expresses
that peculiar mix of paper and ink which gives a book its unmistakable aroma, along with the fresh scent which a book
opened for the first time releases. Schoen spent days in the depths of the paper-filled Steidl headquarters in Göttingen,
sifting through books, papers samples and inks, to find inspiration for a perfume that is true to books, wearable, and
which ages well in time – just like a good book. It took Schoen seventeen trials to preserve in his words, “the right
balance between the smell of paper as such and an enjoyable perfumistic aesthetic”.
The elaborate packaging of Paper Passion Perfume does more than justice to the perfume within. The packaging is a
real book with a hidden cut-out compartment in which the bottle sits. The first pages of the book contain texts on the
pleasures of paper and the Paper Passion project by Nobel Laureate Günter Grass, Karl Lagerfeld, Geza Schoen and
Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers. The end product is a unique perfume, an homage to the luxurious sensuality
of books and in Karl Lagerfeld’s words, “the silent smell of paper”.
Geza Schoen, born in 1969 in Kassel, has worked for nearly twenty years as a perfumer. He enjoyed professional
success at a young age when he won the pitch for the first Diesel fragrance in 1994, while still in his education. While
working for Haarmann & Reimer, which later became Symrise, Schoen travelled to Paris, New York, Singapore and
Buenos Aires, researching perfumery in local markets. He launched his Escentric Molecules series in 2005, after Schoen
was introduced to British branding expert Jeff Lounds and his friend graphic designer Paul White, and This Company
was formed. Schoen is currently working on a series of fragrances called “The Beautiful Mind”, inspired by women
admired for their intellects.
Geza Schoen and Gerhard Steidl
Paper Passion Perfume
Perfume by Geza Schoen
4.5 x 6.3 in. / 11.5 x 16 cm
Clothbound book with cut-out compartment containing
50 ml perfume bottle, wrapped in red crinkle paper and
housed in a handmade cardboard box
€ 88.00 / £ 70.00 / US$ 115.00
ISBN 978-3-86930-501-1
(Allerdings ein bisschen kostspielig ...)