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Skulls & Roses explores the grey zone between vitality and mortality on Italy’s flagship pen

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One person’s tattoo is nobody else’s business: How the quintessential Italian pen is reborn. Speranza e terrore. Luce e oscurità. Vita e morte. For the first time, Montegrappa’s famed Extra Pen silhouette is transformed – flouting traditional rules in pursuit of a grittier truth. New beginnings define the body and soul of Skulls & Roses … Read more

What to Look for in a Quality Tattoo Artist

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Getting a tattoo isn’t a small deal. They’re meaningful, mostly permanent, and expensive. Essentially, they are a luxury that should be handled with care if you’re going to get one. But before you walk into the first tattoo parlor you come across and get a heart with your partner’s name scribbled through it, stop and … Read more

Tattooing porcelain: Pietro Sedda Cilla Marea – the beautifully surreal Rosenthal collection

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    Pietro Sedda is one of the great tattoo artists of our time. His imagery fascinates and captivates. After completing his studies of scenography at the Milan Academy of Fine Arts, he opted for tattooing. Rosenthal porcelain now serves as his newest stage. Surreal portraits with floral patterns, masculine motifs and romantic impressions of … Read more

Memento Ridere: Bell & Ross BR 01 Laughing Skull is venturing into the field of automata

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  The Bell & Ross Skull watch family has become an iconic collection and is now approaching its tenth anniversary. The skull symbol has been used for centuries, particularly by pirates. They consider it a talisman that brings them courage and frightens off their enemies. It is also used by the military, as a constant … Read more

How tattoos went from subculture to pop culture

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Body art is more mainstream than ever but for many it is no longer a design for life

“My invisible tattoo, My Fragrance, Mon Guerlain” – Angelina Jolie

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Mon Guerlain is characterized by the freshness of Lavender Carla, an exceptional variety cultivated in Provence, which contrasts with the voluptuousness of the Sambac jasmine from India and the Australian Album Sandalwood, associated with the sensual Vanilla Tahitensis of Papua New Guinea.

Thierry Wasser and Angelina Jolie for Mon Guerlain perfume 2017 edition

“We always create a fragrance for a woman we admire” – Jacques Guerlain.

A perfumer tells a story or paints a portrait and in the case of the new Mon Guerlain perfume, it is the portrait of a woman. Thierry Wasser, Guerlain’s Master Perfumer, offers a tribute to feminity, to free and sensual women. This dreamed-up fantasy embodied by muse Angelina Jolie has a heart of Tahitensis vanilla – also present in Jicky, Shalimar and Habit Rouge. Vanilla is joined by lavender, Sambac jasmine and sandalwood. Melding fresh and sensual feminine and masculine notes, this audacious accord gives Mon Guerlain its power and modernity.

Notes of a Woman, the Mon Guerlain advertising film, was shot in France’s Provence region with Terrence Malick and Angelina Jolie. The film recounts the story of how the fragrance was created, focusing the spotlight for the first time on the perfumer.

My invisible tattoo, My Fragrance, Mon Guerlain Thierry Wasser and Angelina Jolie for Mon Guerlain 2017

The bottle for the new fragrance revisits the celebrated quadrilobe bottle, inspired by an alchemist’s flacon, designed by Gabriel Guerlain and crafted by Baccarat in 1908. The sleek and sober graphic lines celebrate a modern femininity, sincere and authentic.

Thierry Wasser has created many notable perfumes including: Addict for Christian Dior, Diesel Fuel for Life for Her, Guerlain Quand Vient La Pluie, Lancôme Hypnose, Guerlain Idylle, Guerlain Aqua Allegoria, Guerlain Flora Nymphea, Jil Sander Man absolute, Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire, Guerlain L’Homme Ideal.

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Thierry Wasser and Angelina Jolie for Mon Guerlain