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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    applied to cutting-edge or radically innovative movements in art, music and literature; figuratively 'on the edge', literally, a military term, meaning 'vanguard' (which is a corruption of avant-garde) or "advance guard", in other words, "first to attack" (antonym of arrière-garde). avant la lettre used to describe something or someone seen as ...

  3. Avant-garde - Wikipedia

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    Avant-garde cinema, The Love of Zero (1928), a short film directed by the artist Robert Florey [1] In the arts and literature, the term avant-garde (from French meaning ' advance guard ' or ' vanguard ') identifies an experimental genre or work of art, and the artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic ...

  4. Thierry Mugler - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, Alien was created, the second major Thierry Mugler fragrance. Also in 2005, Mugler launched the "Thierry Mugler Perfume Workshops", which are open to the general public and led by specialists of the perfumery and oenology world. [85] In 2006, Mugler completed a project for the launch of Tom Tykwer's film Perfume. In collaboration with ...

  5. Chain mail dresses and ‘avant-garde’ perfume: Paco ... - AOL

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  6. Behind the Spritz: What Really Goes Into a Bottle of $100 Perfume

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    The perfume bottle itself is a meaningful contributor to the cost of the fragrance, especially as some bottles are veritable sculptures, expensively designed by commissioned artists, the CEO said.

  7. Hubert de Givenchy - Wikipedia

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    This was the first time a star was the face of a fragrance's advertising campaign. [16] At that time, he met his idol, Cristóbal Balenciaga. [5] [17] Givenchy sought inspiration not only from the lofty settings of haute couture but also in such avant-garde environments as Limbo, the store in Manhattan's East Village. [18]

  8. Arpège - Wikipedia

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    Arpège (pronounced) is a 1927 perfume created by perfumers André Fraysse and Paul Vacher for Jeanne Lanvin and presented to her musician daughter Marie-Blanche on her 30th birthday. [2] [3] Its name is a derivation of the musical term arpeggio. [2] Arpège is considered among the world's classic perfumes. [2]

  9. Perfume - Wikipedia

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    Perfume (UK: / ˈ p ɜː f j uː m /, US: / p ər ˈ f j uː m / ⓘ) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. [1]