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Elie Saab makes his first-ever fragrance
Published: 6/15/2011 4:19 PM
Last Modified: 6/15/2011 4:19 PM

Elie Saab Le Parfum, the famed Lebanese designer's first-ever fragrance, will be available in September at Saks Fifth Avenue and other luxury retailers.

Remember Halle Berry's stunning Elie Saab gown from the Academy Awards in 2002? A jaw-dropping, body-hugging gown with a beautiful, embroidered top that best-dressed arbiters STILL talk about. It pretty much put Saab on the map.

And now, he's coming out with a women's scent this September that could make an equally beautiful splash in the fragrance industry.

The famed Lebanese couturier will reveal his first fragrance for women, Elie Saab Le Parfum, according to PRNewswire.

Created in partnership with Beaute Prestige International, the Paris-based subsidiary of Shiseido Co. Ltd., scent celebrates the splendor and brilliance of the radiant femininity which has always inspired him.

Created by world-renowned perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, Elie Saab Le Parfum is based on a floral, solar, woody theme. The first soaring notes of orange blossom set the tone, a solar evocation of Mediterranean petals whose light echoes the sun at its height.

The jasmine heart is enriched by the gentle shading of pure patchouli. A white flower bouquet is completed by a cedar woody accord, giving the floral notes new density. Finally, the trail unfurls, borrowing its addictive notes from rose honey.

Always passionate about design and architecture, Elie Saab dreamt of a glass bottle with a pure shape that played on light, brilliance and transparency.

"I wanted something simple," Saab said in a company statement. "Straight lines, the rigor of a cube, and the sensation of an object made to be held in the hand, but with the density of beautiful objects. And as always, light as the overarching theme. For me, light is eternal strength.”

Designed by Sylvie de France, the glass work was pushed to the extremes of precision to create an object of light that reflects Saab's elegance, a middle ground between the jeweler’s art and the architect's dream.

The Elie Saab Le Parfum fragrance collection includes eau de parfum ($60 for 1 ounce, $90 for 1.7 ounces, $120 for 3 ounces), a body lotion ($50, 6.7 ounces) and a shower cream ($42, 6.7 ounces). You'll be able to find it at Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus.

Peace, love and Saab stories ... XOXO

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