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Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-Swedish actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her.

Rossellini is the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian director Roberto Rossellini. She has three siblings from her mother: her twin sister Isotta Ingrid Rossellini, who is an adjunct professor of Italian literature; a brother, Roberto Ingmar Rossellini, who works in finance; and a half-sister, Pia Lindström, who formerly worked on television and is from her mother's first marriage. She has four other siblings from her father's two other marriages: Romano (died at age 9), Renzo, Gil, and Raffaella.[1]
Rossellini was born in Rome, and raised there, as well as in Santa Marinella and Paris. At 13, she was diagnosed with scoliosis. In order to correct it, Isabella had to undergo an 18 month ordeal of painful stretchings, body casts, surgery on her spine using pieces of one of her shin bones (used to add supports for the individual vertebrae without risking foreign body rejection tissues), and a recovery from that surgery. Consequently, she has permanent incision scars on her back and shin.
At 19, she went to New York, where she attended Finch College while working as a translator and a RAI television reporter. She also appeared intermittently on L'altra Domenica ("The Other Sunday"), a TV show featuring Roberto Benigni. However, she did not decide to stay full time in New York until her marriage to Martin Scorsese (1979–1982). After her marriage to Scorsese ended, she married Jon Wiedemann (1983–1986), a Harvard-educated model from Texas (now a Microsoft executive), and gave birth to a daughter, Elettra. Later, she dated David Lynch, Gary Oldman, and Gregory Mosher.
[edit] Modeling career

At the age of 28, her modeling career began, when she was photographed by Bruce Weber for British Vogue and by Bill King for American Vogue. During her career, she has also worked with many other renowned photographers, including Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Peter Lindbergh, Norman Parkinson, Eve Arnold, Francesco Scavullo, Annie Leibovitz, Denis Piel, and Robert Mapplethorpe. Her image has appeared on such magazines as Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and ELLE. Furthermore, in March 1988, an exhibition dedicated to photographs of her, called Portrait of a Woman, was held at the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris.
Rossellini's modeling career led her into the world of cosmetics, when she became the exclusive spokesmodel for the international cosmetics brand Lancôme in 1982, replacing Nancy Dutiel in the United States and Carol Alt in Europe. While there, in 1990, she was involved in product development for Lancôme's fragrance Trésor. Later, in 1995, she worked with the Coty Group and developed her own brand of cosmetics, Isabella Rossellini's Manifesto. However, in 1996, after 14 years with the company, she was infamously removed as the face of Lancôme for being "too old", since she was in her 40s at the time. She is signed to Trump Model Management.
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History

• Established: in Paris by designer Rosette Torrente-Mett, in 1969.
• Company History: Licensing contract for men's ready-to-wear signed with French factory, 1971; signed licensing deal with Japan, 1972; childrenswear, leather collection, luxury accessories such as neckties, scarves, glasses, jewelery, and household linens introduced; signed with La Callonec and Murier for corporate wear; sells both couturepact with Perfumer's Workshop for fragrance and ready-to-wear lines; signed licensing line, 2000.
• Company Address: 1, rond-point des Champs-Elysées 75008 Paris, France.

Torrente is a French haute couture and ready-to-wear label. The essence of the company's style is represented by its longstanding reputation in Paris as one of the finest couture houses. Torrente couture and ready-to-wear lines are made from the most exquisite, luxurious, and individual fabrics in the world. Many of the clothes are hand-finished, which although adding to the cost of the garments, gives the customer a unique and personalized purchase.
Popular and influential Torrente styles have included the satin collar in an abstract floral print on a shapely, turquoise, short-skirted suit or a classic cream collar and cuffs on elegant, checked wool coat dresses and two-pieces. Unusual, stiff, gauzy silk fabrics are used on stoles, edged in bead embroidery and thrown over short, strapless bell-skirted raw silk dresses, with matching beading on the hems. Lace is another popular fabric, used mainly in eveningwear and ranging from heavily beaded and encrusted for sculpted looks, to a soft drapable lace used in short empire dresses in cream, with décolleté necklines. The drape is positioned centrally at the cleavage and secured with the palest of pink roses. The overall look is very feminine, aimed not at fashion's vanguard, but designed for a woman secure and established in her own style, whose schedule demands a quantity of individualistic, smart occasion wear.
The company was established by its first designer Rosette Torrente-Mett in 1969 and the upper echelons of Paris society soon recognized a formidable design talent. Torrente creations began to be seen in places like Maxim's and at the Opéra; stylish names like Claudia Cardinale and Marlene Dietrich became regular clients at the Haute Boutique. Since the 1960s the company steadily expanded. In 1971 a licensing contract for men's ready-to-wear was signed with a French factory and in the following year a lucrative deal was clinched with Japan. Childrenswear, a leather collection, and luxury accessories like neckties, scarves, glasses, jewelry, and household linens have since been introduced. The company even branched out into corporate wear, signing a licensing deal with La Callonec and Murier in France.
Madame Torrente-Mett was elected a member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in 1971. Her other activities in the fashion world include being founder and vice-president of the French Fashion Institute and lecturing at the Paris business school, Hautes Études Commerciales. Her fashion pedigree comes not only from her father, who was a tailor, but from working with her brother, Ted Lapidus, at his design firm before venturing out on her own.
Items from the Torrente couture range are available in hundreds of shops worldwide, while the less expensive ready-to-wear line, Miss Torrente, is found in shops throughout Europe. The firm's menswear retailed in some 500 worldwide outlets. Helping Torrente's expansion were recent forays into the burgeoning Russian market in the mid-1990s through Haute Couture Week in Moscow. "It's very important for us to come to Russia…with its extraordinary youth and energy, with its new generation besotted by fashion," Torrente-Mett told Women's Wear Dailywearable."
At the turn of the century the venerable Torrente tested uncharted waters with its first fragrance, under license to Perfumer's Workshop International. The new women's scent, part of a long-term association between the perfumery and Torrente, debuted in 2001. Yet it was still Torrente's couture line that remained the anchor and essence of Torrente style—denoting quality with an international sophistication equally at home at a society wedding in the south of France or at an opera gala in Milan.
(4 December 1995). "It's up to us to show them the best of what we have to offer…. My role is to demonstrate, to reveal to them what is beautiful and at the same time Publications
On Torrente:

• Articles
• d'Aulnay, Sophie, "Vestra Weaves Its Global Web," in DNR, 25 January 1993.
• "Paris: Disco Finale," in WWD, 22 July 1994.
• Singer, Natasha, "Testing the Waters in Russia: Couture's Mission to Moscow," in WWD, 4 December 1995.
• "News in Brief," in Cosmetics International, 25 January 2000.
• Laushway, Ester, "The Haute and Mighty," in Europe, November 2000.

— Kevin Almond; updated by Sydonie Benét

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Jaclyn Ellen Smith[1] (born October 26, 1947)[2][3] is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run (1976–81). She became a well known face on television starring in over thirty made for TV movies and more recently was the hostess of Bravo's weekly competitive reality television show Shear Genius for its first two seasons. Beginning in the 1980s, she began developing and marketing her own brands of clothing and perfume. She has often been voted one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Smith was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Margaret Ellen (née Hartsfield) and Jack Smith, a dentist.[4] She attended Trinity University in San Antonio.[5]
After college she moved to New York City with hopes of dancing with the ballet. Her career aspirations shifted to modeling and acting as she found work in television commercials and print ads, including one for Listerene mouthwash. She landed a job as a "Breck girl" for Breck Shampoo in 1971, and a few years later joined another popular model/actress, Farrah Fawcett, as a spokesmodel for Wella Balsam[5]





In 1985, Smith entered the business world with the introduction of her collection of women's apparel for Kmart. She pioneered the concept of celebrities developing their own brands rather than merely endorsing others. More than 100 million women have purchased clothing or accessories bearing her name. Awareness of the Jaclyn Smith name and brand by women 35–60 years of age is said to be higher than 80%. Industry authority Woman's Wear Daily reported that the signature Jaclyn Smith line had the highest consumer awareness of any private label apparel brand in the country.
During her time as spokesmodel for Max Factor, Smith released her own perfume, called "California". The perfume's popularity led the company to release "California for Men".
With this strong recognition and record of success, Jaclyn entered the home furnishings market in 2002.
A season 15 episode of The Simpsons ("The Fat and the Furriest") lampooned the actress's many business successes, portraying Smith as having her own line of axe heads.
In May 2009 Smith allowed a documentary crew to profile her home life, design philosophy and relationship with Kmart in an online video series sponsored by Kmart.[9]
Today’s Jaclyn Smith Home collections are promoted as a natural reflection of her deep commitment to family and home. The items bearing her name reflect many of the inspiring details and exceptional design of furnishings and accessories found in her personal collection and her exceptional eye for detail translates effortlessly to timeless designs. Smith's foray into home furnishings was extended to Kmart stores in the fall of 2008, with the chain's introduction of its Jaclyn Smith Today product line of bedding and bath accessories.[10]
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The history of perfume began in antiquity. The word perfume is used today to describe scented mixtures and is derived from the Latin word, "per fumus", meaning through smoke. Perfumery, or the art of making perfumes, began in ancient Egypt but was developed and further refined by the Romans and the Arabs. Although perfume and perfumery also existed in East Asia, much of its fragrances are incense based. The basic ingredients and methods of making perfumes are described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia.


Mesopotamia

The world's first recorded chemist is a person named Tapputi, a perfume maker who was mentioned in a Cuneiform tablet from the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamia.[1]
[edit] India

Perfume and perfumery also existed in India, much of its fragrances were incense based. The earliest distillation of Attar was mentioned in the Hindu Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita. The Harshacharita, written in 7th century A.D. in Northern India mentions use of fragrant agarwood oil.
[edit] Cyprus

To date, the oldest perfumery was discovered on the island of Cyprus.[2] Excavations in 2004-5 under the initiative of an Italian archaeological team unearthed evidence of an enormous factory that existed 4,000 years ago during the Bronze Age.[3] This covered an estimated surface area of over 4,000m² indicating that perfume manufacturing was on an industrial scale.[4] The news of this discovery was reported extensively through the world press and many artifacts are already on display in Rome.[5][6] The Bible describes a sacred perfume (Exodus 30:22-33) consisting of liquid myrrh, fragrant cinnamon, fragrant cane, and cassia. Its use was forbidden, except by the priests. The woman wore perfume to present their beauty.
[edit] Islamic

See also: Alchemy and chemistry in Islam
Islamic cultures contributed significantly in the development of Western perfumery in both perfecting the extraction of fragrances through steam distillation and introducing new, raw ingredients. Both of the raw ingredients and distillation technology significantly influenced Western perfumery and scientific developments, particularly chemistry.
As traders, Islamic cultures such as the Arabs and Persians had wider access to different spices, herbals, and other fragrance material. In addition to trading them, many of these exotic materials were cultivated by the Muslims such that they can be successfully grown outside of their native climates. Two examples of this include jasmine, which is native to South and Southeast Asia, and various citrus, which are native to East Asia. Both of these ingredients are still highly important in modern perfumery.
In Islamic culture, perfume usage has been documented as far back as the 6th century and its usage is considered a religious duty. Muhammad said:
“ The taking of a bath on Friday is compulsory for every male Muslim who has attained the age of puberty and (also) the cleaning of his teeth with Miswaak (type of twig used as a toothbrush), and the using of perfume if it is available.Sahih Bukhari). (Recorded in ” Such rituals gave incentives to scholars to search and develop a cheaper way to produce incenses and in mass production. Thanks to the hard work of two talented Arabian chemists: Jābir ibn Hayyān (Geber, born 722, Iraq), and Al-Kindi (Alkindus, born 801, Iraq) who established the perfume industry. Jabir developed many techniques, including distillation, evaporation and filtration, which enabled the collection of the odour of plants into a vapour that could be collected in the form of water or oil.[7]
Al-Kindi, however, was the real founder of perfume industry as he carried out extensive research and experiments in combining various plants and other sources to produce a variety of scent products. He elaborated a vast number of ‘recipes’ for a wide range of perfumes, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. His work in the laboratory is reported by a witness who said:
“ I received the following description, or recipe, from Abu Yusuf Ya'qub b. Ishaq al-Kindi, and I saw him making it and giving it an addition in my presence. ” The writer goes on in the same section to speak of the preparation of a perfume called ghaliya, which contained musk, amber and other ingredients; too long to quote here, but which reveals a long list of technical names of drugs and apparatus. Al-Kindi also wrote in the 9th century a book on perfumes which he named ‘Book of the Chemistry of Perfume and Distillations’. It contained more than hundred recipes for fragrant oils, salves, aromatic waters and substitutes or imitations of costly drugs. The book also described one hundred and seven methods and recipes for perfume-making, and even the perfume making equipment, like the alembic, still bears its Arabic name[8].
The Persian Muslim doctor and chemist Avicenna (also known as Ibn Sina) introduced the process of extracting oils from flowers by means of distillation, the procedure most commonly used today. He first experimented with the rose. Until his discovery, liquid perfumes were mixtures of oil and crushed herbs, or petals which made a strong blend. Rose water was more delicate, and immediately became popular. Both of the raw ingredients and distillation technology significantly influenced western perfumery and scientific developments, particularly chemistry.


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The founder of the brand, Simon Tissot-Dupont was born in Savoy in 1847. S.T. Dupont owes its initials to him.

Simon founds a carriage company which is destroyed in a fire in 1872. Unabashed, the same year he buys a workshop which makes leather briefcases for diplomats and businessmen.

In 1884, Simon Tissot-Dupont becomes the supplier of one of the world’s largest shops – Les Grands Magasins du Louvre – while maintaining his private clientele.

Simon Tissot Dupont hands over his company to his sons in 1919, Lucien and Andre, who, tading under the name of Les Fils de S.T. Dupont (the Sons of S.T. Dupont) relaunch the activity. The activity was focused on high quality travel cases and accessories. Highly qualified craftsmen are called upon and patents are taken out to protect industrial secrets. 250 workers and 17 separate trades are involved in the manufacture: goldsmiths, woodworkers, engravers, leather craftsmen, enamel workers, locksmiths, etc.

S.T. Dupont transfers its workshops from rue Dieu in Paris back to the family’s hometown of Faverges in Savoy in 1924.

In 1929 Lucien Tissot Dupont is invited to New York by Louis Cartier to present his travel cases in their 5th Avenue shop. On the ship going to New York he learns about the Crash and the ensuing panic on Wall Street. Upon his return to Paris, in response to this crisis, he decides to move even further upmarket and cater to clients unaffected by the Crash.

Up to 10 exceptional travel cases are turned out of the workshops every month. The master craftsmen work on the most noble of materials: crocodile skin, gold and silver, ivory, and tortoise shell. S.T. Dupont becomes supplier to the establishment: kings, emperors, maharajahs, ambassadors, and bankers are its clients.

Since then, Dupont went on to produce lighters, pens, wallets, watches, and of course, fragrances. The first S.T. Dupont fragrance for men and women was created in 1998 and was extremely successful.

S.T. Dupont is a leader in high quality leather goods and accessories as well as other fine goods such as perfumes and colognes.

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Dante Trussardi started this business as a glove-maker in 1910. His grandson, Nicola Trussardi, recently was in the news due to a tragic car accident. Nicola inherited the business in 1970 from his brother (who also died in a car accident) and expanded the family business in fine leather goods and accessories, and ready-to-wear lines for men, women and children.

Trussardi’s most recent designer is Jeremy Scott, who joined them in 1997. Sobriety, naturalness and seductiveness applied both to the material and the form, express the character of the Trussardi style, a style the American press has dubbed "the modern sensuality".