Horsting and Rolf Snoren who are known for their Avant Garde conceptional style. Founded in 1993, their goal was to "blow up" both the fashion and perfume industry. In 2004 they hired master perfumers Carlos Benaim, Olivier Polge Domitille Berthier and Dominique Ropion to create their first perfume Viktor & Rolf
Flowerbomb to coincide with their women's Spring/Summer 2005 fashion collection also called "Flowerbomb." The explosion of a
floral bouquet evoking the essence of thousands of cattleya orchids, jasmine, freesia, a shower of
rose petals and
vanilla sprinkled like confetti, was housed in a sleek faceted flacon in the shape of a grenade designed by Fabien Baron (one of the world's greatest who was responsible for
CK One,
Issey Miyake L'Eau de Issey,
Acqua di Gio).
Flowerbomb is one of the
best selling women’s fragrances of the past 20 years. Today it is one of their pillar perfumes and there are dozens of extensions including the more aromatic
Flowerbomb Bloom perfume and
Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Dew Eau de Parfum which was a finalist for a prestigious 2021 British Vogue Magazine award.
Viktor & Rolf entered the
men's fragrance market in 2006 with
Antidote to coincide with a men's collection for their "Monsieur" line that was also named "Antidote," They were two of the models in their own runway show. But their real success in men's fragrances was with
Spicebomb, their second pillar fragrance, composed solely by Olivier Polge in 2012 (now the head perfumer of
Chanel). Once more housed in the grenade shaped bottle, it brilliantly evokes
fragrance notes of tobacco, spice, wood and rose facets. Eight versions would follow including
Spicebomb Extreme,
Spicebomb Night Vision Cologne.
In 2014 Viktor & Rolf announced their new perfume,
Bon Bon. The women’s perfume is a play on words; French for a candy confection and “Good, Very Good”, and is presented in a bow shaped bottle. Bon Bon was composed by Mane perfumers Cécile Matton and Serge Majoullier and is a gourmand centered on caramel and also includes notes of mandarin, orange, peach,
jasmine, orange blossom, gaiac wood, cedar wood, sandalwood and amber notes. Other Bon Bon perfumes followed including
Bon-Bon Couture.
Today there are over 60 fragrances under the Viktor & Rolf label, many of them under the Flowerbomb name and limited editions The average person may not know their artistic fashion, but their iconic advertising by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and the labels on the fruity, flowery, gourmand perfumes and spicy woody colognes are instantly recognizable. Buy Authentic Victor & Rolf perfumes and colognes for much less than department store prices at
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