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Azzi Glasser
Azzi Glasser (born January 1970) is a British perfume designer. Glasser started her career in 1991, working for CPL Aromas, and went on to start her own companies, Agent Provocateur Parfum Ltd in 1999Rushton, Susie. (19 December 2002). "A Nose For It". “ The Independent Review.“ INA Crystals in 2007, Family Three in 2001, Bella Freud Parfum in 2013 and The Perfumer's Story, by Azzi Glasser in 2015. Early life Born in North London in 1970, Glasser spent four years in India from 1971-1975.Gray, .Marianne. (2013), "Perfumery Is Capturing The Essence Of Famous Names". Ham & High Magazine. CPL Aromas In 1991 Glasser joined CPL Aromas, a perfume house in Hertfordshire. There she trained to understand the chemical behaviour of raw materials, and aged 23 became commercial director, leading to her role as global commercial director for the perfume house. Agent Provocateur In 1999 Glasser co-founded Agent Provocateur Parfums with Joseph Corre and Serena Rees, launching he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfumer's Story By Azzi Glasser
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Johnny Depp
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards. Depp made his feature film debut in the horror film ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984) and appeared in ''Platoon'' (1986), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series '' 21 Jump Street'' (1987–1990). In the 1990s, Depp acted mostly in independent films with auteur directors, often playing eccentric characters. These included ''Cry-Baby'' (1990), ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' (1993), ''Benny and Joon'' (1993), ''Dead Man'' (1995), '' Donnie Brasco'' (1997), and ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' (1998). Depp also began his longtime collaboration with director Tim Burton, portraying the leads in the films ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''Ed Wood'' (1994), and '' Sleepy Hollow'' (1999)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Designers
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1970 Births
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Harvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols is a British luxury department store chain founded in 1831, at its flagship store in Knightsbridge, London. It sells designer fashion collections for men and women, fashion accessories, beauty products, fine wines and luxury foods. It is owned by Hong Kong luxury goods company Dickson Concepts. The chain has 14 locations worldwide, including a Beauty Bazaar in Liverpool and a brasserie in the OXO Tower, London. History In 1831 Benjamin Harvey opened a linen shop in a terraced house on the corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane Street in London. In 1835 the shop expanded to number 8 next door, and would continue to expand into successive properties over the following years. In 1841 Benjamin employed James Nichols from Oxfordshire. In 1845 Nichols was promoted to management and in 1848 he married Harvey's niece, Anne Beale. Benjamin Harvey died in 1850, leaving the business in the care of his wife Anne, who went into partnership with James Nichols to form Harvey N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Mosshart
Alison Nicole Mosshart (born November 23, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, artist, and the lead vocalist for the rock bands The Kills and The Dead Weather. She started her musical career in 1995 with the Florida punk rock band Discount which disbanded in 2000. She then co-founded the Kills with British guitarist Jamie Hince (formerly of Scarfo and Blyth Power) in 2000 in London. In The Kills' first album, Mosshart was known by her stage name "VV" and Hince was known as "Hotel". In early 2009, she joined the supergroup The Dead Weather, formed by Jack White, along with Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita. In that band, her stage name is "Baby Ruthless." Musical career Discount Mosshart formed pop-punk band Discount (for which she was the singer) at the age of 17 with skateboarding friends in Vero Beach, Florida. The band recorded their first album, ''Ataxia's Alright Tonight'' when the band members were still in high school, and began touring aggressively throughout the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadie Frost
Sadie Liza Frost (née Vaughan; born 19 June 1965) is an English actress, producer and fashion designer, who ran fashion label Frost French (until its closure in 2011) and a film production company (Blonde to Black Pictures). Early life Frost was born in Islington, north London, in 1965 to psychedelic artist David Vaughan, who worked for the Beatles, and his then-16-year-old muse, actress Mary Davidson.Survivor: Sadie Frost Sunday Times – 19 August 2007 She has described her childhood as a "chaotic but positive experience". She spent much of her youth in , |
Kate Moss
Katherine Ann Moss (born 16 January 1974) is a British model. Arriving at the end of the "supermodel era", Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. Her collaborations with Calvin Klein brought her to fashion icon status. She is known for her waifish figure, and role in size zero fashion. Moss has had her own clothing range, has been involved in musical projects, and is also a contributing fashion editor for British ''Vogue''. In 2012, she came second on the ''Forbes'' top-earning models list, with estimated earnings of $9.2 million in one year. The accolades she has received for modelling include the 2013 British Fashion Awards acknowledging her contribution to fashion over 25 years, while ''Time'' named her one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2007. A subject of media scrutiny due to her partying lifestyle, Moss was involved in a drug use scandal in September 2005, which led to her being dropped from fashion campaign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham (; born 17 April 1974) is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time. After the Spice Girls split in 2001, Beckham was signed to Virgin Records, in which she released her self-titled debut solo album, which produced two UK Top 10 singles. Beckham has starred in five official documentaries and reality shows, including ''Victoria's Secrets'' (2000), ''Being Victoria Beckham'' (2002), ''The Real Beckhams'' (2003), ''Victoria Beckham - A Mile In Their Shoes'' (2004), and '' Victoria Beckham: Coming to America'' (2007). She has since made a cameo appearance in an episode of ''Ugly Betty'' (2007), and been a guest judge on ''Project Runway'' (2008), ''Germany's Next Topmodel'' (2009), and ''American Idol'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharleen Spiteri
Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born 7 November 1967) is a Scottish singer and guitarist, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Texas (band), Texas. She has a contralto vocal range. In 2013, Texas's worldwide album sales were counted at 40 million records. Texas returned from their hiatus in 2013 with ''The Conversation (Texas album), The Conversation'', which debuted at No. 4 on the UK Album Chart, No. 3 on their native Scottish Album Charts as well as No. 8 in France. A 25th-anniversary album followed in 2015 entitled ''Texas 25'', followed by the band's ninth studio album, ''Jump on Board'' (2017), which achieved mainstream chart success, topping the albums charts in Scotland and debuting within the top ten in France, the United Kingdom and Belgium. Their tenth studio album, ''Hi (Texas album), Hi'' was released in May 2021 and became their highest charting album in the UK since 1999s ''The Hush'', reaching number three on the official UK Albums Chart, number one on the UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiltern Firehouse
The Chiltern Firehouse is a restaurant and hotel located at 1 Chiltern Street, Marylebone, London, England occupying the Grade II listed building of the former Marylebone Fire Station, also known as Manchester Square Fire Station. It is owned by André Balazs, a hotel chain owner, who also owns the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California. The head chef is Nuno Mendes. Manchester Square Fire Station The Manchester Square Fire Station was built in 1889, by the London County Council Architect's Department, "in the Vulliamy manner". "Red brick with stone dressings; tiled roof. Free Tudor-Gothic style". It initially served as a fire station, and was one of the first fire stations in London. The original architect was Robert Pearsall. Originally known as Manchester Square Fire Station (Manchester Square is nearby), it was decommissioned in June 2005 by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. For some years subsequently, it had been in occasional use as an exhibition sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Balazs
André Tomes Balazs (born January 31, 1957) is an American businessman and hotelier. He is president and chief executive officer of André Balazs Properties, a portfolio of hotels across the United States and residences in New York state, especially in New York City. Early life and education Balazs was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Endre Alexander Balazs, was a research professor at Harvard Medical School, founded the Retina Foundation and the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, and was the director of ophthalmic research at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. His mother, Eva K. Balazs, was a family therapist and psychologist at McLean Hospital. Also a musician, she later helped form the ''New New Orleans Jazz Band''. Balazs graduated from Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School, a private preparatory school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Cornell University and was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. Balazs also attended the Columbia Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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