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The bottle — a beginning or a midpoint?
When does a fragrance begin — with the written formula, on the skin, or when it takes physical form? A bottle is often seen as the final stage — a container for a finished scent. In the case of Lilium Parfum , it is neither the beginning nor the end, but a midpoint. A fragrance begins as structure: a relationship between notes, density, colour, silence and intensity. It has its own internal architecture. The bottle marks the moment when the invisible becomes visible — when th
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