In a world first, Prada introduces Candy, the luxury brand’s virtual muse

A call to rethink reality with fragrances that defy expectations and embrace pure creativity. In a shocking pink overdose of luxury, Prada Candy reveals a unique facet of Prada femininity.

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Prada Candy rethinks addiction with an unexpected olfactory balance.

An unexpected and joyful shake to the system. Prada Candy perfume triggers bugs of spontaneity in the software of everyday life; an iconic fragrance that opens andembraces exhilarating spaces of release. Intrinsically linked to Prada’s DNA of curiosity, avant-garde and eccentricity, Prada Candy is an invitation to open new possibilities to play and question convention.

In a shocking pink overdose of luxury, Prada Candy reveals a unique facet of Prada femininity. Overblown but always sophisticated, the scent is an addictive indulgence that is at once sensuous and refined.

In a world first, Prada’s Perfume division introduces Candy, a virtual muse as the face of a fragrance. Born from a glitch, Candy is ethereal, driven by a continuous quest to question, connect and evolve. Inspired by the native world of TikTok, a series of shorts directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and captured by photographer Valentin Herfray see a physical fragrance, Prada Candy, encounter a virtual muse, Candy. As her own reality glitches, she begins to perceive another, expanding her existence through the power of technology. Free of constraints, her curiosity grows, new creative perspectives are opened and with them, an invitation to Rethink Reality.

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The Prada Candy bottle designed by Fabien Baron is a trigger of creativity, just as joyful and free-spirited as the scent contained within, as it embraces anunexpected mix of colors and finishes. A dynamic take on Prada’s signature Saffiano leather hugs the top of the bottle in a band of shocking pink while the flacon bears the refined Prada logo in sleek, gold lettering. The pump, perched on its golden neck like a futuristic black half-moon, is the striking finale.Prada Candy’s unconventional olfactory balance combines a joyful and addictive caramel accord with noble and warm benzoin resin, which brings unprecedented sophistication and elegance, to creatively fuse with a silky and enveloping cloud of white musks.

First launched in 2011, blended by master perfumer Daniela Andrier under the creative direction of Miuccia Prada, Prada Candy remains an iconic fragrance with a novel olfactory balance, an Amber gourmand combining exceptionally high-quality ingredients to rethink addiction. The Prada Candy fragrance collection comprises of four feminine fragrances which each embody free-spirited perspectives and indulgent pleasures.

The Prada Candy campaign series is realized by award-winning film director, screenwriter and producer, Nicolas Winding Refn. The lauded Danish auteur behind Drive, The Neon Demon and the Pusher trilogy lends his bold, intensely imaginative vision to Prada Candy’s alternate, re-imagined reality, creating a space where the known interacts with the new.

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Exceptional savoir-faire of talented women artisans recognized by the 2021 Prix des Artisanes

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Refik Anadol unveils Serpenti – the first ever digital sculpture and AI-imagined fragrance done for a luxury house

 

 

Bvlgari celebrates Serpenti in sculpture artwork created using dynamic, three-dimensional AI data.

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Italian luxury house Bvlgari continues the Serpenti Metamorphosis exhibition inaugurated during Milan Design Week, featuring a captivating installation by multimedia artist Refik Anadol, created using artificial intelligence. The digital sculpture – the fist ever done for a luxury house – is on display until October 31 at the Piazza Duomo in Milan before embarking on a world tour. Upon the completion of the tour it will be converted into a multisensorial and multidimensional NFT (Non-Fungible Token) and sold at an auction. Proceeds will be donated to a charity chosen by the Italian Maison and Refik Anadol.

The 3D sculpture celebrates the beauty of nature and the mythic Serpenti icon, the emblem of Bvlgari and the perfect symbol of metamorphosis. It was designed using algorithms to reproduce an image of nature generated by analyzing some 200 million pictures of nature and 160 million pictures of flowers, plus 120,000 images of snakes. Metamorphosis becomes both a source of inspiration and the creative method, since the machine is able to learn what a flower is – colors, patterns and shapes – and then conceive images of flowers that exist only in its digital memory, reconstituting them in a vibrant work of art. The installation proposes a striking aesthetic approach to the relationship between nature, art, technology and luxury.

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This approach was conceived by the mind of Refik Anadol. Born in Istanbul, the LA-based new media artist has won numerous awards for his innovative works.

Listen as he explains the concept behind ‘Serpenti Metamorfosi’ and how he turned data from our natural world into this three-dimensional and dynamic digital installation. In the future, Serpenti Metamorphosis artwork will become exclusive and unique in the digital world thanks to NFT (Non-fungible Token) technology.

To enrich this unique multi sensorial experience, Bvlgari Master Perfumer Sophie Labbe and fragrance creation firm Firmenich worked with Refik Anadol to create the first ever AI-imagined fragrance, “Rainforest Serpenti”. Thanks to Bvlgari’s expertise, the sculpture celebrates every dimension of nature, including its scent, awakening faculties of perception, sensation and smell.

This immersion into the Serpenti universe is completed by an exhibition of creations by the Roman Maison from the 1940s to the 1960s at the Bvlgari store in Milan until October 30, as well as the Bvlgari Serpenti Hub. This digital space dedicated to the Maison’s icon features exclusive content revealing the eternal metamorphosis that inspires Bvlgari creations.

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