Jane Birkin’s offspring are taking over the fragrance industry. As previously reported, Charlotte Gainsbourg is fronting the new Balenciaga perfume. Now, Lou Doillon has allied herself with Juliet Has a Gun creator Romano Ricci for his latest olfactory offering, Calamity J. Branded as “a masculine-inspired fragrance exclusively dedicated to women,” the amber and iris eau [...]

Romano Ricci, great-grandson of renowned couturier Nina Ricci and the self-described “offbeat dandy of the fragrance world,” is somewhat opposed to conformity. That’s why he started his three-year-old rose-tinged niche perfume collection, Juliet Has a Gun, in the first place. The fragrance range is a means of exploring the multifaceted nature of Shakespeare’s heroine, who, [...]