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Why did Hedi Slimane get reptilian with Celine’s new line of fragrances?

The 11 scents will have a ‘powdery signature’, while running the gamut of notes, and come in modernist styled rectangular bottles created by French glassmaking craftsmen

Celine will offer a collection of eight day and three evening perfumes.

If you have been following Celine’s socials lately, you will have noticed a torrent of teaser images for Hedi Slimane’s new haute parfumerie collection for the French fashion house. What we know might be enough to pique your olfactory curiosities – or make you turn your nose up.

The scents will have a powdery signature, but otherwise run the gamut of notes.
The scents will have a powdery signature, but otherwise run the gamut of notes.

The 11 perfumes are, like Slimane’s signature unisex designs, named by the native Parisian himself, inspired by his olfactory journey. The scents will have a “powdery signature”, but otherwise run the gamut of notes.

French glassmaking craftsmen created rectangular bottles in a modernist style for the new Celine range.
French glassmaking craftsmen created rectangular bottles in a modernist style for the new Celine range.

The collection comprises eight day and three evening perfumes. It includes Reptile, which was inspired by his work with rock stars over the past 25 years. Other scents, such as Cologne Française, offer something sweeter.

Slimane commissioned French glassmaking craftsmen to create rectangular bottles in a modernist style for the new Celine range. The perfume box will have a “grain de poudre” feel and come knotted in a black Ottoman ribbon. Nine will be sold exclusively at Celine boutiques from late October, the other two will be released next year.

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