Anyone who has met me (or follows me on Instagram/Twitter) knows that I am the biggest Tom Ford fan and the Private Blend collections have literally become an extension of me, so when I was given the opportunity to team up with the brand creatively, it was exciting, to put it mildly!
Here is ‘An Ode To Oud’ – a Bertolucci-inspired short film to celebrate the new Private Blend Oud Collection, directed by Adri Murguia which just premiered on OUT Magazine.
Filmed in the Loft Terrace of The Sanderson in London, the artistic and tonally dark film is set to a raw excerpt from a 1968 documentary by Seymour Drescher during the Parisian riots – drawing a stark contrast to the exotic and melancholic decadence created through the visuals.
Photos by Leopold De Croy, and full credits under the cut.
Featuring and creative: Nik Thakkar
Directed: Adri Murguia
Edited: Sophie Weller
Filmed: Sanderson London
Photography: Leopold De Croy
Grooming: Nina Faye Robinson
About The Oud Collection
The Private Blend Oud collection is an olfactive journey that explores three mesmerizing and sensual facets of oud. Two new oud fragrances join the best-selling fragrance, private blend oud wood, a groundbreaking composition of exotic woods and spices that is hailed as a definitive interpretation of oud. The new fragrances, Private Blend Oud Fleur and Private Blend Tobacco Oud, share the signature elements of the original Oud Wood—oud, sandalwood and patchouli—then follow two unique and contrasting directions. They give Tom Ford another opportunity to show his mastery of this rare and precious ingredient. The collection of three oud fragrances also features three bath and body products that offer sumptuous new ways to wear this unforgettable note, creating a complete world of oud within Tom Ford Private Blend. Oud Wood body moisturizer, Oud Wood shower gel and Oud Wood bath soap are perfumed with the original Oud Wood fragrance.