| What do we sell? Fifteen years, four fragrances; two for men, two for women. At least at the beginning that's what we thought, but then the female beauty editor at Vogue flipped on our men's "Blue", and a few New York blocks away, at one-of-a-kind Henri Bendel's women's only fragrance counter, our other male scent, "Royal", was streaming out the door to the ladies. Therefore, one could really say we have four fragrances for women; two were originally for men, who presently enjoy being allowed, on a continuing basis, to wear them. Each scent has a page on this web site where you can get all the details. And we'll easily link you over to purchasing pages using either Google or PayPal purchase buttons. If you want to join our membership or inform us of anything, there's a page for that, too. We use several different packagings for each of the four scents. The reasons for this are either price or design priority. In our basic setup, each of all four fragrances are thinly bagged so they don't bounce around in the box, in a French fine frosted glass hip flask, an Irish screw-off cap, a German world's best quality pump, and topped off with a French aluminum overcap. This enables a user-friendly choice of pour or spray. You will not find even the really fancy places doing this, as it is quite expensive. The delivery nest is a sturdy box,whihc we are toldand never thown away. That's why we put our web address there. And there's no filler or plastic. You can also find wooden boxed sets of flask pairs, day/nite, in the two scent pairs below. The flask line is cologne strength and are the least expensive. From there we progress on up through to real fancy, even some numbered editions, topping out at over $1000, special order only. Each scent has a "haute couture" ensemble, distinctive...and generous content. You'll get gratifying results if you do a grocery store calculation on these, price per volume. We know it is not easy to purchase a new scent on the internet. So we try our best to make this easy. We pay for shipping. You can return at a whim, we ask you to return ship & first drop us an email at DouglasHopkins@gmail.com. We have never had a return. You may also order our $5 sampler of the four fragrances (and sometimes other projects we are working on), which will be credited to your first order. Purchase the "Buy Now" button in the vacinity of the product photo. What is anti-chic? How green are we? We are both, killing two birds with one stone. We inherited the historical wicker wrapping of our first fragrance, the Prastara Royal, from the most pragmatic King who ever ruled. Since our start, 1987, we have practiced a Yankee utilitarian minimalism, somewhat to an extreme. We only splurge on what is in the bottle and what you hold in your hand to contain it. We use black and white labels, as color is an extrordinary excess of materials and energy. This communicates quite well. Our bottles are elegant,the majority of them stock or laboratory surplus antiques, never flashy, even when they are over five hundred dollars in price. When we splurge, as in the number procelain & silver purse flask, it is real China porcelain and solid silver, not imitation anything. Our boxes are already mentioned. The photographs around here. Our founder, Douglas Hopkins, was a New York City fashion photographer for twenty years, before that a scientific photographer at MIT, measuring up close exploding volcanoes all over the world. He likes to entertain you with his past images and hopes you'll await his new book, "Real.Views", an operating manual for camera owners and prefuem wearers...yes, it may surprise you with what the senses can do to heighten your presonal expressive creativity. Thank you for visiting. More at another site: www.DouglasHopkins.com Don't lose your way back here, as we have no shopping over there, just lots of information and press clippings. In the future these two sites will be merged at that address. We promise “An assured compliment at every close juncture.”
The four fragrances. Click for details. 1. Prastara Royal Dayware. PRAH-star-ah. 2. Prastara Blue Niteware. 1. Ase Niteware. OH-say. 2. Zazou Dayware.
More about us. In 1989, Douglas Hopkins founded his New York City atelier as an ultra-luxury, anti-chic, fragrance and treatment concept, beginning with his purchase of the leading Soviet men's cologne, Prastara Royal. This fresh citrus splash maintains a formula commissioned by The Sun King, Louis XIV, in 1682, now in continuous, modern distribution for over 150 years. By demand, the company's portfolio of fine fragrances has grown to include three additional fine scents, each of singularly illusive notes: Ase (OH-say), Zazou, and Prastara Blue. The first two, for women, are imbued with romantic inspiration; all four are infused with historical references of royal pedigree that, like Prastara, are melded with Mr. Hopkins' sense of the be.here.now, acutely tuned over 20 years as a top New York fashion photographer. This ability to combine the classic with the bleeding edge has earned Douglas Hopkins the accolades of both the critical beauty press worldwide and discriminating customers ofthe worlds top fashion retailers. International Cosmetique News, 03/04, Paris, France, named Douglas Hopkins line number four of the top six international niche brands saying, "New visions and new approaches..." British Vogue: "The Players...", as one of ten hot London brands
A US Conde Nast beauty editor: "The only post-9/11 brand."
Ms. Dominique Larue, Editor, Madame Figaro (in a forthcoming interview with DH), Paris, France: "[He is] more French than the French!"
Bergdorf Goodman, considered by many to be the New York pinnacle of beauty and fashion, has been the flagship store for Douglas Hopkins creations for over a decade. Prastara Royal and Prastara Blue are speciality store exclusives to the Bergdorf men's fragrance department, where they are top ten fragrances in the company of the world's major international brand name conglomerates. The fragrances enjoyed entering Galeries Lafayette in Paris, the of Fall 2005. The personal treatment line, Geothermology, schedilled as a 2008 re-launch with 35 products, anchors an international standard of formulation excellence. No other treatment regime offers such exotic volcanic and natural mineral substances derived from multiple, active, naturally occurring geothermal healing sources around the world. Human tested for 5000 years. “Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart.” Proverbs 27:9
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