(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) 2017-5-31"/> May 31, 2017 Midway through dessert, Christopher Chong, the creative director of Amouage, slips out moments before he launches his latest creation, Figment, leaving behind a trail of mystique. Back at his villa in Alila, Jebel Akhdar, where beguiling woody and floral aromas are floating through the rooms, the narrative is set to begin against the backdrop of an elegant operatic setting.
through a short film, chong takes his audience into the realms of his subconscious mind – where the perfume was birthed, somewhere between reality and fantasy. the manifestation is eerie, surreal, intense and at times dark but beautiful. the elements that feature in his imaginarium - that inspired figment - ranges from the bhutan of his imagination, opera houses in the middle east, galilean binoculars and silk threaded floral embroideries that gradually transform into a divine garden. these elements weave the fragrant narrative of the dream captured inside the opaque turquoise bottle.