Daphne Guinness

At the Carlyle Hotel, a Rosewood Hotel<br />James Boehmer for NARS COSMETICS, make-up<br />Red silhouette belt and top CHRISTIAN DIOR,<br />scarf BALMAIN, and stockings FOGAL<br />Portrait by Maciej Kobielski

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

 

OLIVIER ZAHM — Why did you call your perfume Daphne?
DAPHNE GUINNESS — I’ve put so much of myself into every element of the scent that it’s really an extension of myself. I’ve been mixing my own scents for as long as I can remember.

OLIVIER ZAHM — What is the symbolic significance of your name?
DAPHNE GUINNESS — The myth of Daphne and Apollo is a very compelling one. I’ve felt fear. I’ve experienced being pursued, sometimes in a terrifying way, and there have been times when I wished to be in a safer place. Unfortunately, there was never a river god around to help me out! My creations…