Luxury womenswear designer, Douglas Hannant debuts Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet, a signature fragrance in collaboration with Robert Piguet Parfums.  Inspired by the sophistication of haute couture, the fragrance is a light floral that is modern, clean and fresh.  The genuine French parfum, created by perfumer Aurélien Guichard of Givaudan, Paris, opens with notes of orange blossom, pear, and gardenia, a lush heart of tuberose is then revealed before giving way to a seductive base of  jasmine, sandalwood, and musk.  

 

In keeping with Douglas Hannant’s design sensibility and mirroring the couture tradition, each bottle is hand poured, labeled, and individually sealed with silver thread.  "I was very excited when Robert Piguet Parfums approached me about creating this extraordinary fragrance with Givaudan," said Hannant. "It is a youthful, modern, and feminine scent that I think my clients all over the world will enjoy."   

 

 

 

Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet is the first designer fragrance for Piguet Parfums and the first original scent since the 1960’s.  Douglas Hannant embodies the legacy set forth by Robert Piguet, whose strict adherence to good taste, true luxury, and innate sense of seduction created timeless beauty. After Piguet opened his legendary couture house in Paris in 1933, Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain, and Hubert de Givenchy are names of just a few of the designers he trained.  It is Piguet’s contribution to fragrance, however, that is of unrivalled magnitude.  In 1944 Robert Piguet Parfums was created with the launch of Bandit.  Other iconic parfums developed by Piguet include Fracas, Visa, and Baghari, all true classics which continue to endure today.  "Robert Piguet Parfums for the past few years has re-launched several of Robert Piguet's original fragrances, the most famous being Fracas, and now we are proud to introduce our first Designer Signature Fragrance with Douglas Hannant," said Joe Garces, President and CEO of Robert Piguet Parfums.  "His inspiration has created a romantic bouquet that captures the essence of elegance."  ( via press release)

 

Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet will be available in stores February 2011.

 

Editor's Note: Aurélien Guichard of Givaudan is the nose behind the reformulations of Robert Piguet Parfums Visa and Calypso

 

–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief