In the photo is The Purple Dress perfume and a stunning collection of purples – printed and dyed fabrics by Hasia Naveh:
The synthetic connection in The Purple Dress is of both sounds, colours and scents. The song that inspired its name is very chromatic and nuanced, which creates a mystery and also some ambiguously melancholic mood. I felt inspired to centre the perfume around Champaca extracts (concrete, absolute and CO2), which to me is a very “purple” scent. If you’ve never smelled champaca, it would be hard to understand this. Maybe it’s the inherent combination of star anise, black tea and orange-blossom like notes that make me see and feel very luxurious purple colours, more specific, glorious fabric, rich in both texture and colour, with depth and complexity. What I envision when smelling Champaca is very similar to what you see in the photo with all of Hasi’s fabrics.