Surprisingly a lot of folks have no idea about Serge Lutens. I didn’t know of him until about 2 yrs earlier, and it was a backward finding. I first saw images of exquisite makeup done by Kabuki, a legendary makeup designer who emulated Lutens in an aim for the jewelry artist Majo Fruithof. Not realizing that these were re-interpretations of a youthful original I went on a manic google seek out more such work, which led undoubtedly to the genius that is Serge.
At first I assumed that Serge Lutens was a makeup artist, but I discovered that he is so much more soon. He is one of those rare, talented individuals that have creativeness pulsing through his veins obscenely; who bleeds creative imagination into the global world around him. Now, Lutens is recognized as the best perfumer alive mainly, but he began as a mane shooter and stylist. He also created a makeup for Dior, Vogue, and Shiseido and it was at Shiseido that he started conjuring fragrances. Lutens’s visual style is very particular and immediately identifiable. He styled all his own perfume promotions and created his personal look through the use of the makeup himself to his self-selected model muses.
His look is often very pale, with strong Asian creases, careful finishing and an amazing borders reflecting his appreciation for heady, other-worldly scents. Shiseido is the owner of the Lutens brand and contains given him free reign over his fragrances to the extent that he launched the Shiseido … Read the rest