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“18 Rue de Tournon”
Eau de Parfum
50ml

£12001

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Description

“18 Rue de Tournon” is based on James Baldwin’s introduction to Black Fire!: Accounts of the Guerrilla War in Rhodesia (also titled We Are Everywhere: Narratives from Rhodesian Guerillas) by Michael Raeburn.

Reusable vegan leather wrapped wooden box. Vegan leather & logo engraved lid. Recycled kraft paper book sleeve. Complimentary 5ml Travel Spray case.

Notes

Top: Honey, mango, pineapple
Middle: Patchouli, sandalwood, tobacco
Bottom: Amber, musk, vanilla

The heart of the scent revolves around tobacco, symbolically connecting to the book, Baldwin, and the liberation movement.

Ingredients

Base: Alcohol Denat. and purified water (Aqua).
Essential oils: Orange, Pepper, Ylang I, and Guaiacum Sanctum Gum.
Additional compounds: 3-Methyl-5-Cyclopentadecen-1-One, Octahydro-Tetramethyl Naphthalenyl Ethanone, and 1,3-Benzodioxole-5-Carbaldehyde.

Formulated & compounded in England.

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18 Rue de Tournon — 1925 Glen Norah
I. 18 Rue de TournonCafé Tournon, Paris. Where Baldwin spent his time after the war.
II. ParisBearden Plays Bearden (1980), directed by Nelson E. Breen: Romare Bearden, James Baldwin, Alvin Ailey and Albert Murray talk about Paris.
We Are Everywhere: Narratives from Rhodesian Guerillas by Michael Raeburn, introduction by James Baldwin
III. Black Fire!In France, Baldwin wrote the introduction to Michael Raeburn’s Black Fire! (1978).
Julian Friedmann, James Baldwin and Michael Raeburn at the launch of Black Fire, Africa Centre, London, January 1978
The Africa Centre, London, January 1978. Julian Friedmann, James Baldwin and Michael Raeburn. Courtesy of Michael Raeburn.
18 Rue de Tournon notes
IV. The notesHoney, mango and pineapple, the fruits of the land. Tobacco, the talk of Café Tournon. Musk.
18 Rue de Tournon Eau de Parfum 50ml — 1925 Glen Norah
V. The liquid25% fragrance concentrate.
18 Rue de Tournon Eau de Parfum 50ml — 1925 Glen Norah
A pale yellow thin liquid.
18 Rue de Tournon — 1925 Glen Norah
pH 7.06. Balanced and skin-friendly.
The 18 Rue de Tournon formulation
VI. The formulationTested at 5°C, 20°C and 40°C over twelve months. Made to IFRA standards.
18 Rue de Tournon Eau de Parfum 50ml with its book box — 1925 Glen Norah
VII. The boxA book you open to find the bottle.
18 Rue de Tournon Eau de Parfum 50ml — 1925 Glen Norah
Volume One. Music & Literature contributions during the Second Chimurenga, 1968–1980.
The back of the box: a classic ridged, bound book back with vintage motifs
A classic ridged, bound book back, decorated with vintage motifs.
The box, hand-painted wood in yellow gold
Hand-painted wood in yellow gold.
18 Rue de Tournon Eau de Parfum 50ml — 1925 Glen Norah

VIII. The bookPostcard for the 61st Venice Biennale, a publication by Valentine Eluwasi. Pre-order