From Ooga Booga: This is the first handcrafted scent by NY artist Anicka Yi and architect Maggie Peng. The fragrance is inspired by the Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, who was believed to be in exile in Lebanon for many years after orchestrating some of the group’s most political statements. Yi and Peng have chosen cedar wood as a central theme of this fragrance’s narrative, as cedar is highly regarded in Lebanon as a national emblem. The scent uses three different kinds of cedar wood as its base note, along with violet leaf and nutty heart notes, and top notes of yuzu, shiso leaf, and black pepper. The packaging for this hand-distilled fragrance is made of raw cedar wood, each bottle uniquely (and painstakingly) hand-cut by the creators in architectural geometry, encasing a 10ml glass bottle of liquid within. Shigenobu pics by Noah Sheldon
Available now at the Oogabooga Store.
[...] Shigenobu Twilight Wooded Fragrance by Anicka Yi & Maggie Peng By Maketh Man The first thing I thought about when I saw this bold packaging was a rather twisted form of JENGA. Remember the crafty game of balance, made from untreated pegs of wood? I loved that game. But not as much as I love this Shigenobu Twilight Fragrance. The story behind the fragrance is almost as alluring as the chiseled chucks of wood themselves: Start with one New York artist, Anicka Yi. Add the sculptural eye of architect Maggie Peng. Take inspiration from former Japanese Red Army Leader Fusako Shigenobu, and the land of his exile, Lebanon (hence the cedar wood). Hand-distill a fragrance using three different types of cedar wood as your base notes, violet leaf & nutty tones for your heart notes, and top off with yuzu, shiso leaf and black pepper. Packaged in glass bottles encased in hand-crafted raw cedar-wood casks. And the result is an objet d’arte that would look as comfortable on the mantlepiece, as the toiletries shelf. Thanks to CurbCrawler for sniffing this one out. Available at $160 from Oogabooga via Swipelife [...]
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