Anna Sui · 2010

Forbidden Affair

Anna Sui Forbidden Affair
Longevity Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection CloseArm's length
Polarising Mixed

bright berry juice with rose petals and lemon

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Forbidden Affair by Anna Sui is a Floral Fruity fragrance for women. Forbidden Affair was launched in 2010. Top notes are Black Currant, Red Currant and Amalfi Lemon; middle notes are Raspberry, Rose and Pomegranate; base notes are Violet, Musk and Virginia Cedar. Forbidden Affair is the new fragrance from the imaginative designer Anna Sui inspired by the land of dreams, fairy tales and fantasy. In this world, every girl can feel like a princess; she can be adorned and privileged, allowing herself a dangerous and forbidden romance with the prince of her dreams. Forbidden Affair fragrance reflects the forbidden love and a wild longing, fantasies and some long-past times, revealing the hidden passions that you did not know existed. The fragrant composition incorporates, for the first time, Cyclodextrin technology. This technology allows the top notes to re-emerge over and over again, invigorating for an ongoing sparkling fresh fragrance experience. Anna Sui Forbidden Affair begins with a romantic fairy tale told by fresh lemon and red and black currants, which are slowly developing into the heart of raspberry, rose petals and pomegranate. Tempting and somewhat mysterious aromas make this perfume not as innocent as it may seem. Intriguing accords of violets, cedar and musk form a seductive base of long-term affection. Top notes: lemon, black currant, red currant. Heart: raspberry, rose, pomegranate. Base: violet, musk, cedar. The whole design concept is dedicated to a secret rendez vous between a prince and a princess with the taken from traditional fairy tales like Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. It was inspired by Baroque and Rococo gardens, Baroque palaces, boudoirs, royal fashion and the lavish lifestyle. This style brings us back to the mid-18th century. A secret garden and a gate where lovers meet in the dusk, in order to remain unnoticed by king and queen, is portrayed on the perfume box. The bottle itself is shaped like oval mirrors of baroque boudoirs. The stopper is shaped like a rose bud that is about to blossom, symbolizing the Anna Sui brand. The well-known British model Lily Donaldson is the face of the campaign, shown standing near the gates of the palace dressed in a princess lavender dress, with tiara on her head and crown jewelry making her dreamy and stylish. Anna Sui Forbidden Affair is expected in October 2010, available as EDT of 30, 50 and 75 ml with an accompanying body lotion and shower gel of 200 ml each.
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Anna Sui is the New York fashion-house perfume line whose visual identity, Victorian-purple bottles, gothic-romantic packaging, translates into the fragrance itself: rose, violet, berry, patchouli, incense, marshmallow. The 23 live pieces on Scendira are entirely feminine (23 of 23) and split across Gourmand (8), Fresh (7), Floral (5), Fruity (1) and Clean & Musky (2), the "sweet-romantic-slightly-dark" fingerprint. Prices run $17.49-$95 (average $61). Standout live pieces: Thorn of a Rose ($77,.18, damask rose with pink peppery smoke), Fantasia Rose ($49,.13, cool rose petals over clean aquatic air), Violet Vibe ($77,.07, sweet strawberry cream with fizzy lemon zest), Neon Twist ($77,.06, creamy guava ice cream with citrus sparkle) and Mystic Luna ($77,.00, powdery rose perfume with soft amber haze). Anna Sui is the answer to "gothic-romantic feminine fashion-house fragrance."

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