Island
Michael Kors · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2005
≈ $70 · 100ml · approx. retail
Island is a 2005 floral aquatic fragrance by Christophe Laudamiel and Loc Dong, opening on kiwi and watery notes into a honeysuckle-and-lily heart. It became the mother scent for a run of tropical-destination flankers including Fiji, Hawaii and Bermuda.
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Vietnamese-American · 23 in collection
Born in Vietnam in 1972 and trained in Holzminden, Loc Dong is widely cited as the first Asian fine-fragrance perfumer in the industry and a senior perfumer at IFF in New York. He is known for a fresh, modern command of synthetic materials.
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Christophe Laudamiel is a French master perfumer and chemist based in New York, trained at Procter & Gamble's perfumery school and seasoned at IFF alongside Carlos Benaim and Sophia Grojsman; co-founder of the DreamAir studio, he is known for avant-garde, boundary-pushing olfactory art as well as mainstream hits.
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