Glamour Icons: Perfume Bottle Design

'GlamourIcons'isacollectionofMarcRosen'sremarkablebottledesigns,aswellasaselectionofperfumebottlesfromthelastcenturythatheconsidersiconic.ItaboundswithindustrybackstoriesneverpublishedbeforeaboutworkingathisfirstjobwithRevlonfoundertheimperiousCharlesRevson,hiscareeratElizabethArden,hiscollaborationwiththefashionhousesofChloe,KarlLagerfeld,Fendi,PerryEllis,EllenTracy,andJillStuart,aswellaswithcelebritiessuchasJoanRivers,ChristinaAguileraandCelineDion.ThebookrecountsintriguingstoriesaboutworkingwithPrincessGraceofMonacoandSaudiPrinceFahadandabouttheexperiencethatchangedhislife,workingonafragrancewithArleneDahl,oneofHollywood'smostglamorousleadingladies,andmarryingher,aswell.MarcRosenisthefirstperfumebottledesignertowriteabookabouthiscraft,andtodescribethedesignprocessfromoriginalsketchestomodels,toworkingwithglassmanufacturersonengineeringdrawingstoactualproduction.Heshareshisinsightsintocreatingthelogo,graphics,colours,boxesandcounterdisplays,aswellasthe"theatreofthelaunch."'GlamourIcons'documentsperfumebottles,theirhistory,theirplaceinsocietyandtheirinspiration.IllustratedwithamazingphotographsbyVincentRicardel,thebookalsocontainsRosen'spersonalphotographsandartworkgiventohimbymanyofthepeoplehehasworkedwith.