Salvador Dalí’s surreal color palette, De Chirico’s devoid architectural landscapes, and even a dash of El Greco’s religious zeal — this still life series by photographer Joseph Saraceno and stylist Wilson Wong stirs these ingredients into an entirely unique set of olfactive mini-dramas.
Dare to step into the theatrical, dreamlike realm of the subconscious and experience the imaginative power of perfume like never before!
PHOTOGRAPHY: Joseph Saraceno
CREATIVE DIRECTION & STYLING: Wilson Wong
01. Erbario Toscano: Cuoio Bianco
In vain you beg, in vain you ache,
in vain you’ve opened your wrecked heart wide.
Perhaps in heaven the rainclouds quake
because we both have cried?
—From In Van Preghi by Gabriele d’Annunzio
PERFUMER: Egisto Bertozzi
YEAR: unknown
www.erbariotoscano.it
02. Laboratorio Olfattivo: Sacreste
Abandon yourself to the dust
and upon it fall in surrender.
Our great mother is ever so just
to every sinner who kisses her.
—From In Van Preghi by Gabriele d’Annunzio
PERFUMER: Luca Maffei
YEAR: 2018
www.laboratorioolfattivo.com
03. Mona Di Orio: Cuir
Hold me, O Night, with motherly affection,
While the wan earth wakes with a misty yawn.
By my blood will be born the dawn
and from my fleeting dream—the undying sun!
—From Lalba separa dalla luce l’ombra by Gabriele d’Annunzio
PERFUMER: Mona di Orio
PERFUMER: 2016
www.monadiorio.com
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