Midsummer Colors



To celebrate high summer we bring to you a selection of inspiring summer scents in a radiant still life series. Midsummer is the time when glistening sunlight lets the world shine in luminous colors. Berlin-based photographer Axel Kranz and set designer Hendrikje Bernhoeft created their own personal version of a perfect summer day in their studio, evoking memories of the deep blue sea, ultraviolet skies, brightly patterned parasols, and ice cream in primary colors.

Another inspiration for this still life series has been early-20th-century Cubism and suprematistic compositions by Malevich and El Lissitzky. Fun fact: the very first perfume Kranz owned as a teenager has been Chanel’s Antaeus — a fragrance powerful and vibrant enough to compete with the brightest colors, and quite possibly even the sun itself.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Axel Kranz
SET DESIGN: Hendrikje Bernhoeft



 

Ultraviolet skies and brightly patterned parasols.

A selection of 6 inspiring midsummer perfumes.

 



01. Shanghai Tang: Jade Dragon


jade dragon by shanghai tang


Summertime is always the best of what might be.

―Charles Bowden

 

YEAR: 2014
PERFUMER: Carlos Benaim
www.shanghaitang.com

 

 



02. Pierre Guillaume: Foudre


midsummer foudre perfume by Pierre guillaume


Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

—Henry James

 

YEAR: 2015
Perfumer: Pierre Guillaume
www.pierreguillaumeparis.com

 

 



03. Alfred Dunhill: Icon


summer scent icon by dunhill


Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.

―Sam Keen

 

YEAR: 2015
PERFUMER: Carlos Benaim
www.dunhill.com

 

 



04. Vilhelm Parfumerie: Basilico & Fellini


sommer fragrance by vilhelm parfumerie


Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.

—C. Day Lewis

 

YEAR: 2017
PERFUMER: Jérôme Epinette
www.vilhelmparfumerie.com

 

 



05. Humiecki & Graef: Eau Radieuse


eau radieuse by humiecki and graef


Some of the best memories are made in flip flops.

—Kellie Elmore

 

YEAR: 2009
PERFUMER: Christophe Laudamiel
www.humieckiandgraef.com

 

 



06. Eight & Bob: Cap D’Antibes


perfume bottle cap d'antibes by eight and bob


Oh the summer night has a smile of light and she sits on a sapphire throne. 

—Bryan Procter

 

YEAR: 2014
PERFUMER: unknown
www.eightandbob.com

 

 



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