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As a perfume enthusiast, I love when as much thought is put into the design of the bottle as the alchemy of the perfume itself. After all, perfumes are meant to be displayed and seen, especially so that you don’t forget to use them like I do. I don’t think that would be a problem with Xinú, a bespoke perfumery line from Mexico whose bottle design was a collaboration between Esrawe Studio, Cadena & Asociados, and Nouvel Studio. An elegant and minimalist object on any vanity, the bottle for the line was inspired by sculptures of Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși, geometry in nature, and is formed with two domes placed on top of each other. The top lid is handcrafted with certified woods, a reflection of the essence of the perfume line, which is based on the aromatic and botanical scents of the Americas. The blown glass container was developed in collaboration with Nouvel Studio and doubles as an incense holder or vase when the bottle eventually empties. Using ...

"Muse" ("Une Muse"), Constantin Brancusi, sold last night with no less than 12,400,000 at auction organized by Christie's in New York, which on the whole was below the initial estimates of the organizers. Price obtained by the fall of the hammer Brancusi's work was $ 11 million, plus the auction house commission calculated at 12.75 percent of the sale price, which climbed the total amount of $ 12,402,500 . Buyer's identity was not made public, knowing only nationality: american, private. "Muse" was modeled in plaster by Constantin Brancusi in 1912, special exhibition at the New York Armory Show of 1913, along with three other exhibits .. The same auction house will today sell a sketch of Miss Pogany creator of the Endless Column, estimated at about $ 90,000. Surprisingly or not, wooden house hosting "Constantin Brancusi memorial museum" is not true. It was mounted on the current site in 1968, using a similar house, as well as...

English : Drizzle and union protesters couldn’t dampen the spirits at Sotheby’s historic Impressionist and modern auction this evening, where auctioneer Tobias Meyer brought in an impressive sum of $330.6 million with buyer’s premium. The amount marked the house’s second-highest total ever, which was bolstered by the sale of the last Edvard Munch "Scream" not in a museum to a telephone bidder for $119.9 million . Of the 76 lots on offer, 15 went unsold, a solid sell-through rate of 80 percent by lot. Forty-seven of the lots sold within or over their pre-sale estimates, and the Munch marked the only artist record set. That $330.6 million sum was on the high end of the sale’s $246.3-$323.4 million estimate. The Munch represented about a third of that total. The house was packed, and included plenty of cameramen and journalists of all stripes eager for the sale of the historic painting, which was estimated to sell for around $80 million. “Well, there are only a few pe...