Jonathan Hall, an employee of Guy's Flowers in Hometown Village Square, prepares a bouquet of flowers. Inside Nancy's Fresh Cut Market, bushel baskets display breads and wooden crates hold canned goods, bottles of sauce and candy.
Stella McCartney LILY (2012): English Aquarelle of a Rabelaisin Life {Perfume ...
L.IL.Y. is the new Stella McCartney perfume, her second major launch after Stella, a modern rose composition. She collaborated once again with perfumer Jacques Cavallier , the new in-house nose for luxury giant Louis Vuitton . You can read more about the background of L.I.L.Y. here . If the idea for the scent starts with lily of the valley, it becomes evident when you smell the composition that it works almost more as a creative hook than a material reference. The fashion designer said,
"It all started with my love of lily of the valley,” acknowledged McCartney. “I grew up in the English countryside, and I was outside a lot of the time. I love lily of the valley; I find it to be breathtakingly beautiful. It’s also a very innocent looking flower, with a real freshness to it. I love that it blooms only fleetingly, in Spring, and that it grows in the shade, not in direct sunlight. It is fragile and innocent and delicate, yet it also has this sharp green leaf contrast. How to capture all that in a fragrance was a real challenge.”[ quote ]
