This summer, Issey Miyake’s legendary “Summer Editions” take us with them on a journey. The invitation to follow the flow of water away from the daily grind defies every imaginable cliché: the concept combines the most cherished Mediterranean memories of Dora Baghriche, Daphné Bugey, and Marie Salamagne, all perfumers at Firmenich. Using the exquisite corpse method, each perfumer worked after the other to create completely unique fragrances, the fruit of their combined emotions. Each fragrance makes a stop in three destinations – the favorites of the three perfumers who collaborated on the project. The blend of their olfactory memories gave rise to two escapades: one feminine, one masculine.
To visually illustrate these fragrant emotions, Kevin Lucbert, a new French artist, drew the main steps of the journey using his faithful ballpoint pen, his artist’s instrument of choice which he uses incredibly poetically. Marie Salamagne initiated the creation of this new limited edition from the Cyclades, those Greek islands straight out of paradise, pictured in three tones: white architecture, yellow sand and sun, and the blue shades of sea, sky, and rooftops. Then it was Daphné Bugey’s turn to take over! As passing waves, this new Eau d’Issey flows to the valley of the temples in Agrigento, Sicily, where the mineral character of stone brushes up against citrus groves. Lastly, Dora Baghriche joined the chorus and guided it just a little further to the Aeolian island of Panarea, where volcanic terrain plunges into the vibrant blue water.
