They are the star products of make-up collections and summarize their spirit of interpretation. Exclusive jewels, objects of worship in limited editions. In this sequence of images we collected those unavailable makeup accessories from past collections in order to reiterate what as of today a sophisticated make-up can be a collectable item, it cannot stay [...]
Communication and messages, images and information, these are some characters in the process of expanding packages of beauty products. As an urban landscape, beauty products resemble more and more to architectures, in happy linguistic contaminations between volumetric compositions and lettering. Figures perceived in the immediate and in some cases even organic. Some of the most fampous [...]
Florence. Home to artisans and ancient traditions. City of the Medicis, the capital of a thousand flavors all to discover. A generous landescape which preserves unchanged treasures, not only in museums, churches and antique shops, but also in the ancient pharmacies often hidden from the general public. Workshops, where time stands still and where the processing systems [...]
Special attention deserves Farmacia SS. Annunziata probably born around 1400 a little gem in the heart of the historical center of Florence, noted in assets in 1561. It was formerly the ancient apothecary of the Servants of Mary Convent, adjacent to the church of SS. Annunziata.
His first manager was the chemist Dominic Vincent Brunetti. Since [...]
In collaboration with Fashion Trend Issue n°28 June 2010.
During these times of recession many people seek refuge in spirituality, in substitutes of well-being, using mascots as support. The independent labels which have always created haute de gamme fragrances took their inspiration from the years when perfume was considered as a talisman, a connection with the [...]
In collaboration with bmm Issue N° 32 June 2010
High craftsmanship. Creative innovation. A hidden segment, born with the latest editions of Esxence the Masterpieces section of Cosmoprof Bologna, Fragrances of Pitti Immagine in Florence and White Beauty, it has not escaped to the more “commercial” perfumery where creator’s noses and managers of essence’s houses essences [...]
In collaboration with BMM Issue 32 June 2010
The new millennium man has the charm of Ganymede. The cosmetics industry dedicates to the “Royal Child” aesthetic strategies for the care and preservation of the image, through ostentatious youth with the intention of preserving all its aesthetic and moral integrity in a constant struggle between soul and [...]
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The old pharmacies were fascinating institutions, once the site of experimental but not theoretical theories involving many aspects of human knowledge from botany to alchemy and focus for all artistic activities often little known among the general public. My interest in this research wish, albeit in rapid synthesis, talk about the history of Officina Profumo Pharmacy [...]
Even in difficult times, main cause the economic crisis, luxury purely seen as quality pays off. Taking care of the skin is still among the most popular goods, especially when it comes to interesting anti-aging sunscreens. Versatile and convenient, the latest generation’s sunscreens have an anti-aging protective format enriched with multibenefit formulas: not only they are [...]
Photography ALBERTO PELLEGRINET
Realization ALESSIO NESI
Cleared by the fear of effeminacy, men today do not hesitate to buy and use, even without moderation, cosmetics made especially for them; fast and easy to use, they nurture and bring to light trends and new patologies that were once submerged.
Anti-Fatigue Treatment L’HOMME YSL
Glorious Skin Visible Lifting Tensor Musk COMFORT [...]