Cartier’s New Romantic Short Film Destinée Enchants You about a Second Chance at Love in Paris

Cartier puts the most beautiful love stories in the spotlight again just in time for the Valentine’s day. Discover the new romantic short film “Destinée” telling the story about a second chance at love in Paris. This international production stars the English actor Oliver Jackson Cohen and the Taiwanese actress Michelle Chen 陳妍希.

 

 

 

 

Directed by Luca Guadagnino & screenwriter Drake Doremus, tells a story about a group of childhood friends gathers together for the reception at the wedding of two of their friends. Which enable the two stars’ characters Nick and Claire to meet again and eventually fall in love for the 2nd time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok so go your handkerchief or box of Kleenex out and ready for some tear jerking moment at 3:54 ~ 5:24 ….. OMG, can anyone say “NO” to Oliver Jackson Cohen in this short film? He is so dreamy!!

Here is this beautiful short film “Destinée”

 

Don't forget to click on the "CC" button at the bottom of the video to pick the subtitles of your language! They have Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, French, German languages.

Here is the behind the scene of this short film with director's comments

Don't forget to click on the "CC" button at the bottom of the video to pick the subtitles of your language! They have Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, French, German languages.



This is the beautiful Cartier diamond ring featured in the film!

Just 4 more days then it’s the Valentine’s Day again, We want to wish all of you a wonderful Valentine’s day! If you are single, don’t give up! Just like the name of this year’s Cartier short film “Destinée”, there is someone out there destine to love you and he/she will show up at the right time and right place when it’s meant to be!

Don’t forget to check out and see Cartier’s romantic short film from last year in our previous blog posting! Click on the link below to see it!

Cartier Love Stories - True Love Has a Color And a Name

Until next time, be well and look fabulous!

XOXO

Alan + Mei-Mei the Pug

Carrière Frères Industrie Paris Couture Candles - A Story of Two Brothers Fascinated by Wax & Nature

Ever since I got my first bottle of Carrière Frères candle in Paris, I've falling in love with their fabulous fragrance, the minimalistic candle jar with beautiful hand drawn graphic in front of the bottle. These candles not only look and smell beautiful, but have an interesting history behind it, too!

Founded in 1884, by the inquisitive and entrepreneurial minds of two brothers, Carrière Frères Industrie is the keeper of wax craftsmanship from the XVIII century. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, obsessed with patents and new inventions, the Carrière brothers revamped wax-making.

 

They pioneered the famous Carrière night-light, which burned for six hours with a constant beam and without smoke, and turned the indoor candles into an object of comfort and quality. Awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889, the "Madeleine" candles, Carrière Frères Industrie has supplied them to the Basilique du Sacré Coeur ever since.

 

 

Erudite and demanding the Carrière brothers developed and modernized the manufacturing secrets they inherited from past wax masters. They selected the finest waxes and the most durable wicks, and brought them to the masses. Fascinated by Botanic, they strenuously sought out a formula for a purely vegetal wax. The result was a recipe, free of paraffin and other petrochemical derivates, which does not produce smoke or unpleasant odours, and is easily blended with perfume. This wax, still used today in the fabrication of our Carrière Frères candles, allows for their slow combustion and clean burning.

Carrière Frères Industrie botanical candle - Lilium Regale - Royal Lily

Centuries of botanists and explorers have enriched Carrière Frères Industries scented candles. Soliflore scents, inspired by exotic or indigenous oils, and reminiscent of the romantic “language of flowers”, in vogue during ‘la Belle Epoque’. The candles evoke the flower markets of Les Halles of Paris, where at the turn of the XIX century, the most beautiful and rare specimens were brought from faraway lands. The Century was avid of sensations of intoxicating bundles perfuming cargo ships, freight trains, and the backs of porters.

 

Carrière Frères Industrie botanical candle - Damascus Rose

 

 

Damascus Roses, Jasmine of Grasse, rare Tiaré, Ebony, Vanilla, vertigo of spices… traders and audacious merchants garnished the baskets of flower girls with these small treasures to accessories ladies necklines and gentlemen’s buttonholes, and in turn introduced new colours to wealthy Hausmannian homes. From that day on, Paris would never expect any less than for the world’s fragrances to drop at its doorstep, and Carrière Frères candles captures the rare essence of botanical aromas.

 

Carrière Frères Industrie botanical candle - Lichi Sinensis - Lychee

 

 

These fabulous couture candles are so hard to find and is only available at few fine boutiques in the U.S. ! You can get it from our favorite luxury candle store at Luxe-Gifts.com

Until next time, be well and look fabulous!

XOXO

Alan & Mei-Mei the Pug




Photo courtesy by : WatsonKennedy / Frenchblue / Carrière Frères Industrie

Barneys New York Electric Holiday Windows Display In Disney Magic

 

On November 14th, Barneys New York unveiled their 2012 holiday campaign, the Electric Holiday film in collaboration with Disney and will decorate its Madison Avenue flagship store windows in 3-D lights! Brought to life by the brilliant minds at the Walt Disney Company (with a helping hand from AOL, Air France and Christie MicroTiles), the film offers a peek at the high-fashion world through the eyes of the ever-stylish Minnie Mouse.

Watch as Minnie travel to the world of Haute Couture on a fantastical fashion adventure in Paris, where she was personally dressed by the head designer of Lanvin Alber Elbaz and sashay down the runway and rubs elbows with fashion-world figures like supermodel Linda Evangelista & Naomi Campbell, Heiress Daphne Guinness, pop star Lady Gaga and many more. It’s the perfect combination of wit, fantasy and style perfectly reflecting the image of Barneys New York!

Nicolas Ghesquière - Creative director for the house of Balenciaga

Alber Elbaz - Creative director for the house of Lanvin

Anna Dello Russo - editor-at-large for Vogue Japan

Lady Gaga & Sarah Jessica Parker

Cathy Horyn - New York Times Fashion Editor, Heiress Daphne Guinness & Carine Roitfeld - Global fashion director for Harper’s Bazzaar & Supermodel Naomi Campbell

 Ok! Ok! I will shut up now and it’s time to get in the Electric Holiday spirit!



It starts to feel like the holiday season! and can’t wait to catch all the good holiday sales!

Until next time, be well and look fabulous!

XOXO

Alan + Mei-Mei the Pug

Perrier Jouët Unveils Belle Epoque Florale Limited Edition by Renowned Japanese Floral Artist Makoto Azuma

Perrier-Jouët champagne House recently made history in Japan, through the international unveiling of Belle Epoque Florale Edition by Makoto Azuma—the first Limited Edition design of cuvée Belle Epoque, since the creation of its iconic anemones by Emile Gallé in 1902.

 

 

Created by a renowned Japanese floral artist Makoto Azuma, Belle Epoque Florale Edition is a reverential homage to Emile Galle’s famous Art Nouveau design. The delicate anemones that decorate the bottle chosen by Gallé embody the elegance of the brand and celebrate Japanese art that is closely linked to the art of floral composition.

 

 

Makoto Azuma created a three-dimensional frame where flowers are suspended like some fantastical & futuristically hanging garden. This reinterpretation expressed through the beauty of the anemones, creates a magical tale that connects the past to the future.

 

 

Makoto Azuma explains: "I wanted to make something extraordinary, taking inspiration from the sensation of champagne inside the mouth, and the delicate movement of the ivy and leaves with a special attention and tribute given to Emile Gallé’s anemones."

 

 

The unique Limited Edition was revealed as part of a very exclusive international event attended by over 150 media and VIP guests, at the most beautiful and traditional Japanese Happoen-garden in the heart of Tokyo city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On September 12, 2012 the Perrier Jouët Unveils Belle Epoque Florale Limited Edition is unveiled in Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy by John Sciulli/WireImage)

 

 

Here is the short film of Perrier Jouët Belle Epoque Florale Limited Edition by Makoto Azuma



A little information About Makoto

Azuma Born in 1976, Makoto Azuma grew up in the country and became a guitarist in a rock band before falling in love with floral art. In 2002 he opened "Jardin des Fleurs", an haute couture floral workshop in Tokyo, then from 2005 he developed his activities internationally. Exploring every facet of flowers and plants, Azuma worked with them in a "bespoke" spirit, elevating them to the heights of a work of art.

He expresses this philosophy in his extraordinary creations, combining his personal and resolutely contemporary vision with the time-honoured Japanese art. His works have gained acclaim at his exhibitions, events and performances across the world, at Colette and the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris, and at the NRW Forum in Dusseldorf.

To see more of Makoto Azuma's creations, please visit his official website Azumamakoto.com

Let’s watch an interview with Makoto Azuma about his inspiration of his creation and collaborations with Perrier-Jouët



For more information, please visit www.perrier-jouët.com

I am going to go order a bottle of this limited edition Perrier-Jouët before it ran out!

Until next time, Be well and look fabulous!

XOXO

Alan + Mei-Mei the Pug