The Venus de Milo, an Eau Triple by Officine Universelle Buly was inspired by one of the Louvre’s most famous pieces. She came to be as the result of an extraordinary challenge. For the first time in the history of the world’s largest museum and that of perfume, Buly invited eight illustrious “noses” to design an exceptional collection. Everyone was given the same, thrilling challenge: to envision and create the scent of a universal masterpiece of painting or sculpture, and to bring that alive in a perfume.

Spooky Season’s Greeting to all you Pretty Pumpkins and Nifty Nightmares out there on the World-Wide Spider-Web!

It’s time to embrace the horror, and ramp up the glamour!

Global Handwashing Day, an infinite foam-party in the bathrooms, Port-a-loos, outhouses, and other conveniences and facilities of Planet Earth. 

Every other 15th of October, in a previous life, was just another day: we’d quickly wash our hands of it. But this year, Global Handwashing Day is a not-to-be-missed rendez-vous. It’s an opportunity to celebrate washing away bacteria, and getting rid of them politely and delicately.

Never has the sky been so blue, so deep, so fierce with heat. On the side of the road, the burning wind makes her hair swirl. Her delicate gaze is hidden behind her sunglasses. She’s waiting, standing next to her glinting car. Her husband is sitting inside. Patient. She waves, from afar. She smiles coyly, putting on her relaxed face. She speaks English with a seductive accent. She says: Good morning, I’m Maria, let me explain a few things to you, please pay attention. She looks like she’s not kidding. She’s a representative of the Greek Ministry of Tourism. She specifies that this is neither a game nor a hobby. She explains very seriously that this trip to Mount Athos is like a secret mission, without saying any more about its mysteries and its different stages.