
Madonna wearing Robert Piguet Fracas, her signature scent. The tuberose masterpiece was created by Germaine Cellier and launched in 1948.
L’Air de Panache, the favourite perfume of M. Gustave H.
According to Wes Anderson, “it has a Russian quality, like Orthodox incense. Plus, something collected from the erogenous zones of rare animals.” This was born as a fictional perfume, but has recently become reality: Anderson and distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures commissioned perfumer Mark Buxton, co-founder of French perfume boutique Nose, to create a concept scent.
The head notes include basil, bergamot, mandarin, petitgrain and green apple; the heart notes include sambac jasmine and rose; the base notes inlcude amber, castoreum, cedar, oakmoss, musk and patchouli.
Unfortunately, L’Air de Panache is not available for sale.
Guerlain Mitsouko and Shalimar colognes in flacons montre and Guerlain Jicky perfume in the flacon quadrilobe can be seen on Sophie von Essenbeck’s dressing table.