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subscribe to beauty blog via RSSHenry Holland “Dips His Toe” Into The Beauty Biz
October 14, 2009 2:08 pm
For designer and Agyness Deyn bestie Henry Holland, making a fragrance came pretty easily. “I just filled out a questionnaire,” Holland joked last night while playing host at the launch party for Six Scents: Series II, which pairs some of the rag trade’s biggest names with perfumers to create a union of artistic expression that ultimately goes to benefit charity. This aforementioned survey included such soul-searching queries: If your fragrance was an event, what would it be? Holland: “A party.” If you could describe your fragrance as a room, what would it look like? Holland: “There’d be a big, comfy purple couch, where everyone would congregate.” The answers then served to inspire Givaudan nose Stephen Nilsen in the composition process. That meant putting purple petals of lilac and jasmine at the heart of the scent and realizing the idea of a couch’s fluffy quality in the form of soft musk notes. But it wasn’t all fun Q&A games. “I’m typically a really visual person,” Holland says. “And while I can’t see a smell, there are certain smells that trigger memories.” So Holland told Nilsen about growing up in a pine forest, which Nilsen ultimately translated into a pine accord that rounds out the fragrance, which is simply called Smell. As for Holland’s future beauty endeavors, the marketing master has big ideas. “This project lets you dip your toe in. Color plays such a massive part in my collection,” he said, alluding to a nascent desire to branch out into makeup. He added, “When I used to work at a magazine, I would dream about being the person who names nail varnishes and lipsticks.” To show off his skills, he pointed at our chipping Chanel Jade manicure and said, “I’d call that, ‘Mint No-Choc Chip.’ ” And with that, we began to wonder if Holland had missed his true calling.
tags: Fragrance, Givaudan, Henry Holland, Six Scents, Stephen Nilsen
