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Yohji Yamamoto Fragrance relaunch
Veteran Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto has held his own on the luxury design circuit for over thirty years. Besides his eponymous clothing label and Y-3 collaborative label with Adidas, Yamamoto also once tried his hand at perfumery. His quintet of fragrances originally launched back in the 1990s proved a hit among the fashion elite. Discontinued in the early noughties, the five fragrances are now being relaunched this summer with an additional scent added to the mix.
Heading the fragrance development was prolific perfumer Olivier Pescheux, who has revised each fragrance while keeping their fundamentlas intact. Expect traces of bergamot and sandalwood, overlain with different top notes for each. The nostalgic flacons are ever Yohji - understated and sleek - encased in either a red, white, black or blue box and the tall female fragrances open like a blossoming flower, inspired by Japanese origami and conceived by London-based art directors, VONSUNG.
£28-£100; www.yohjiyamamotoparfums.com
Writer: Romy van den Broeke