In the making – layers of reality


“Reality is negotiable,” lifestyle guru Tim Ferriss says. London photographer duo Will Morgan and Martin Slivka, aka WILMA, took this quite literally and teamed up with set designer Maya Angeli to create this editorial and challenge your perceptions. In an elaborate process they layered print outs of beautifully styled still lifes with additional props and handpicked fragrances.

After all, isn’t perfume the perfect reality-bender? Just a whiff of it can transport your mind to any place and make you experience things that aren’t actually there — or are they?

 

PHOTOGRAPHY: WILMA, Will Morgan & Martin Slivka

SET DESIGN : Maya Angeli



 

A dream within a dream!

Discover this selection of reality-bending scents.

 

 



01. Escentric Molecules: Escentric 03


Escentric molecules still life


Escentric 03 is a spicy but fresh chypre with warm balsamic undertones, sensuous without sweetness. It opens with refreshing notes of ginger root, green peppercorn and Mexican lime. The heart is centered around orris surrounded by Egyptian jasmine and soft tea notes. The base is composed of vetiver as key ingredient, sandalwood, cedar, leather and musk.”

(Escentric Molecules)


TOP:

Lime, Ginger, Green Pepper

MIDDLE:

Tea, Orris, Jasmine

BASE:

Vetiveryl Acetate, Virginia Cedar, Leather, Sandalwood, Musk


PERFUMER: Geza Schön
YEAR: 2010
www.escentric.com

 

 



02. Gallivant: Naples


Naples by gallivant perfume London


“Charming Neapolitan decadence, salty sea air and smoke. Fresh and spicy in the opening, with bergamot from neighbouring Calabria, sea salts and airy ozonic notes. Followed by a smoky heart with incense, fumencens and labdanum, and a woody base of guaiac wood, vetiver and amber.”

(Gallivant)


TOP:

Pink Pepper, Ozonic Notes, Sea Notes, Ginger

MIDDLE:

Labdanum, Incense, Fumencens, Cardamom, Olibanum

BASE:

Birch, Vetiver, Guaiac Wood, Clearwood, Patchouli, Amber


PERFUMER: Luca Maffei
YEAR: 2021
www.gallivant-perfumes.com

 

 



03. Contradictions in Ilk: Libertine


Libertine by contradictions in ilk still life


“This scent story is set in a palazzo in Venice, home to Cassanova. Lacking in moral principles, a sense of responsibility or sexual restraint — dare you be in his presence? With one hand you might pass him a single rose, with the other remove your mask and dash it into the canals below.”

(Contradictions in Ilk)


TOP:

Bitter Orange, Cognac, Wax

MIDDLE:

Orange Flower, Dark Rose, Cumin, Saffron

BASE:

Leather, Amber, Dark Woods


PERFUMER: unknown
YEAR: 2020
www.ilkperfume.com

 

 



04. Ormaie: Marque-Page


reality perfume editorial with marque-page by ormaie


The light playing with shades of terracotta. Marque-page is a unique scent that wanders between spices, leather, incenses and white flowers.

(Ormaie)


TOP:

Incense, Davana, Artemisia, Orange Blossom

MIDDLE:

Leather, Geranium, Jasmine, Iris

BASE:

Sandal Wood, Leather, Smoke, Vetiver


PERFUMER: unknown
YEAR: 2021
www.ormaie.paris

 

 


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