SOFT REFRACTIONS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARCO MEZZANI
STYLING BY GRETA TEDESCHI
D.S. & DURGA’s Radio Bombay Transistor radio hewn of sandalwood radiates ragas in the Bandra heat. Hot copper tubes warm the soft wood releasing blooms of musk, cream, peach, ambrette, coco, cedar distillates.
Debaser The wild shrill of Black Francis coming through the radio in the August heat. Ripe fig, iris, coconut milk, tonka and dry blond woods.
NANNETTE DE GASPÉ’s Baume Noir Eyes has a 90% concentration of active ingredients and emollients. It incorporates cutting edge, targeted ingredients, transported through a biomimetic micro-vectorized technology to deliver a powerful blend of actives into the skin to smooth visible fine lines and wrinkles, ease puffiness, and diminish under-eye darkness.
Bath Soak Treatment is a skin revitalizing, soothing and relaxing sativa bath soak treatment.
Baume NoirTM Face, with an 80% concentration of over 20 active ingredients and emollients, nourishes and hydrates while it helps to restructure and resurface the skin, revealing an overall ageless-looking complexion with a soft-focus finish.
Essence NoirTM Polish is an exhilarating facial polish that features triple-action physical, chemical and enzymatic exfoliating properties to collectively aid in the removal of expired skin cells while also refining pores.
PENHALIGON’S Halfeti Leather is an exotic delight. Bold bergamot bustles leather and oud through the haze of the bazaar.
HERMES Eau d’Orange Verte is the first Hermès cologne, with the green and sparkling freshness of orange, combined with woody notes.
L’ARTISAN PARFUMEUR’S Couleur Vanille. A salted vanilla created around a woody accord of immortelle flower, reminiscent of the softness of trade winds.
VILHELM PARFUMERIE’S Morning Chess Bright endless mornings in a cottage, minds battling in wit over a chessboard: the memories of the creator Jan’s summers shared with his grandfather. The ripe, green lushness of summer on the Swedish coast, where grassy notes are light enough to hint at the evergreen sharpness of the distant winter air.
Lotion P50 is a multifunctional lotion that exfoliates, cleanses, and purifies the epidermis, helping it maintain its acid pH balance. With daily gentle purification, the skin becomes mattified and regenerated.
Masque Vivant is the ultimate rebalancing face mask. With its high concentration of purifying active ingredients, this facial treatment regulates excess sebum and reduces breakouts, leaving the skin clean, healthy and mattified.
BIOLOGIQUE RECHERCHE’s Crème Dermopurifiante, with its mattifying and astringent properties, is the ultimate sebo-regulating skincare product. As well as acting on sebum production, it purifies the epidermis to rid skin of imperfections like dilated pores, blackheads, microcysts or blackheads – and prevent them from reappearing. Its soothing active ingredients calm any inflammation that might cause redness, giving the complexion an even appearance.
SARAH CHAPMAN’S Morning Facial Day Elixir delivers intense and long-lasting skin-plumping, hydration and radiance with its blend of wrinkle-fighting technologies and vitamin-rich conditioning oils, for more youthful-looking skin and a day-long, post-facial Skinesis glow.
Stem Cell Collagen Activator Duo,a regenerating power serum, is the ultimate four-week youth- boosting programme for a total skin transformation. Four botanical stem cell technologies and eight collagen-boosting peptides transform the skin visibly, improving density and reducing lines for a plumper, smoother, firmer appearance.
FREDERIC MALLE’s The Moon by Julien Rasquinet. The moon plays a leading role in conducting the rhythm of life in the Middle East, her ethereal appearance hailing the beginning and end of all festivity. Yet in Arabic, invoking the moon is also an allusion to romance — ‘my moon’; an adoringly grandiose term for one’s beloved that speaks of beauty and eternal devotion.
Signature Travel Case is made in bakelite and is fitted with a magnetic cap to host any 10ml perfume vial from the brand’s collection
Vetiver Extraordinaire by Dominique Ropion is the essence of an extraordinarily charming man. One who is magnetic without even seeming to try: every gesture infused with a sense of humor and sophistication. Not a rugged, shouting masculinity, but an irresistible whisper.
OSKIA’s Floral Water is a delicate and refreshing toner, an essential part of both morning and evening rituals for all skin types, made from pure organic Rose Hydrolat distilled from fresh hand- harvested petals to leave skin soft, clean and conditioned. MSM, Rose Water & Vitamin B5 condition, calm and sooth. Hibiscus gently purifies and exfoliates.
Super-C - 60 x Smart Nutrient Beauty Capsules contain a super-charged blend of smart nutrients and actives to boost skin health, protect, hydrate and nourish for youthfully radiant skin. OSKIA’s superior form of stable Vitamin C and Smart Vitamin E work synergistically to provide enhanced results at safer, lower levels. Each capsule contains a stable 2% Encapsulated Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate which is proven to be more effective than 20% traditional Ascorbic Acid.
Citylife Anti-Oxidant Concentrate is a powerful, intense and highly concentrated booster that offers unrivalled skin protection. It's one of the first clinically-proven products to protect against specific indoor and outdoor pollution, including Singlet Oxygen, Peroxyl, Hydroxyl & Halogenated Free Radicals, Nickel, Iron and other heavy metals, Ozone & PM 1μm (Particulate Matter). OSKIA's micro-encapsulated, liposome blends of Astaxanthin & Malachite, EUK 134, Co-Enzyme Q10, Vitamins B3, C & E, O3 Yeast Lysate, Smithsonite & Camellia Japonica work in synergy to provide a defence against multiple free-radicals, Ozone, Particulate Matter, smoke and airborne metals that can cause inflammation and sensitivity, cellular damage, loss of elasticity, hyper pigmentation, dark spots and reduced cellular activity.
HERMES’Rouge Hermès Lip Care Balm is a complete treatment for the lips with moisturizing and smoothing properties. A rich balm with a fine, soft texture that gently moisturizes. Its natural, non- shiny finish is perfect for both men and women. A formula with a high concentration of beeswax and candelilla wax for well-hydrated, supple and comfortable lips.
Rouge HERMES is a luminous satin-finish lipstick. Its texture, as fine as it is rich, delivers vibrant, long-lasting color. It leaves the lips supple and conditioned.
Lip Brush is a hand-lacquered wooden brush, made by artisans in France. Its short, thick bristles in synthetic fibres capture color perfectly for precise, efficient application.
A collector’s item with contemporary styling, a geometry of color that plays on white, black and Poppy orange lacquer.Terre d’Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver Eau de Parfum has spicy and dry olfactory emotions. Vetiver, inherent to Terre since its origins, is the culmination of this new composition. The initial woody and mineral balance of Terre becomes woody and vegetal.
ALLIES OF SKIN’s Peptides & Antioxidants Firming Daily Treatment is daily leave-on treatment (pH 5.0-5.4) supercharged with multiple peptides, 7 Brighteners, 9 Antioxidants and a 16.5% Repair Complex to firm and repair all skin types and conditions. It reduces all signs of premature ageing.
20% Vitamin C Brighten + Firm Serum is a 20% Vitamin C serum, supercharged with 2% Citrus Cell Complex, an Antioxidant Complex of Glutathione and 3 Antioxidants for intense brightening, firming and antioxidant protection.
DR LARA DEVGAN’s Peptide Eye Cream is powered with a blend of vitamins, phytopeptides, mixed molecular-weight hyaluronic acid, and supple moisturizers. The clinically proven formula rejuvenates and nourishes the delicate skin in the periorbital (eye) area to boost collagen, reducing the appearance of fine lines, crows feet, dark circles, puffiness, and the feeling of tiredness and aging. This product is suitable for dry, normal, and sensitive skin types.
Hyaluronic Serum is an ultra hydrating serum formulated with an advanced mixed molecular weight hyaluronic acid to effectively plump and rejuvenate the skin, reduce fine lines, increase skin firmness, and improve elastin production.
Vitamin C+B+E Ferulic Serum is an antioxidant rich serum featuring high concentrations of Vitamin C, E and Ferulic Acid to provide optimal protection against the harmful effects of free radicals, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, improve hyperpigmentation, and increase collagen production. A must-have product to achieve glowy, youthful skin.
Retinol + Bakuchiol Serum is an antioxidant rich serum formulated with RETINOL, a hero anti- aging ingredient, and Bakuchiol, a plant-based anti-inflammatory, that fights fine lines, discoloration, blemishes, and enlarged pores. This powerful serum contains the ideal blend of actives and botanicals to achieve a clear and radiant complexion.
DERMAFLASH’s Dermapore Pore Extractor and Serum Infuser is a unique 2-in-1 ultrasonic device that helps unclog pores and infuse your favorite skincare. In Extract Mode, DERMAPORE deep cleans your pores by removing dirt, oil, and blackheads, and in Infuse Mode, it enhances the absorption of active ingredients in your favorite serums and moisturizers to instantly reveal clear, healthy skin.
ZIIP BEAUTY’s GX Series Nanocurrent Device is the world's first app-connected, at-home beauty device. Using wireless technology, the ZIIP utilizes both nanocurrent and microcurrent to deliver skin that gets better every time you use it. Using the ZIIP App and the many sophisticated waveform combinations, you choose the results you want for your skin on any given day.
Golden Gel is a conductive gel. It is designed to be used in conjunction with ZIIP Device. Golden Gel works to fill and firm the skin. It promotes collagen production, increases cell energy, and has an anti-inflammatory effect on skin.
SISLEY’s All Day All Year is the essential anti-aging day care; it acts as a dual-purpose protective shield, protecting skin from external aggressions: anti-UVA-UVB shield that with its encapsulated filters protect skin to limit oxidative stress, and anti-free radical and anti-stress shield, a powerful synergy of plant extracts with anti-free radical properties that protect the skin from harmful external factors.
Floral Toning Lotion is used to remove traces of make-up and cleanse the skin. Formulated with hydrolats of Rose, Cornflower, and Witch Hazel, known for their soothing and softening properties, this lotion is appropriate for dry, sensitive skin. It tones, soothes and prepares the skin for your daily skin care regimen.
L'Intégral Anti-Âge Anti-Wrinkle Concentrated Serum acts deep down on all types of wrinkles to restore a visibly smoother skin and a more youthful looking appearance.