FUNSHO AROGUNDADE
Seinde Signature, Nigeria’s foremost destination for exceptional niche and luxury fragrances, is ushering in the gifting season with the unveiling of its Super-Luxury Advent Calendar, a remarkable fragrance collection conceived for the discerning collector, connoisseur and luxury gift-giver.
Inspired by the spirit of advent calendars embraced by some of the world’s most prestigious luxury houses like Harrods, Seinde Signature has created its own distinctive expression of the concept, one rooted in the world of fine and niche perfumery.
The Advent Calendar is one exceptional collection containing 12 extraordinary fragrances from remarkable houses and individually gift-wrapped to represent 12 Days of Christmas.
“This is not simply a box of perfumes. It is a constellation of rare houses and a celebration of Christmas, distilled into twelve moments of discovery. It’s inviting its recipient to discover a different expression of fine perfumery, one bottle at a time,” said Ms. Ore-Oluwa Olusola, General Manager of Seinde Signature.
According to her, the new Advent Calendar represents the culmination of a journey that began with the company’s first edition last year.
“We made our first calendar last year. This is the one we have been building towards since; a single case holding 12 fragrances from the houses we love most, including Masque Milano, Agatho, Electimuss, Sarah Baker, Christian Provenzano, Fugazzi, Régalien, Pana Dora, 100BON, Jeroboam, Alghabra and Botanicae. The selection brings together an exceptional constellation of international niche houses. Twelve genuine introductions, arranged to be opened one at a time,” Ms. Olusola said.
On the inspiration behind the collection, she stated that for Seinde Signature, the real distinction lies beyond the names.
Several of the fragrances have been specially secured through the company’s relationships and exclusive collaborations with renowned niche perfume houses. Some are rare discoveries not ordinarily encountered elsewhere in Nigeria, while others are exclusive to Seinde Signature and its locations.
“It is this intersection of rarity, discovery, craftsmanship and exclusivity that gives the collection its singular character,” Ms. Olusola disclosed.
Recognising the Advent Calendar’s natural place within the season of giving, Seinde Signature has created the collection in three distinctive editions: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Each comes in an elegantly designed and carefully appointed box, conceived not merely as packaging, but as part of the experience, and ultimately, as a keepsake in its own right. Remarkably, the collection has been priced to offer extraordinary value.
Depending on the edition and its contents, fragrances whose combined retail value would ordinarily fall within the region of ₦3 million to ₦4.5 million are being offered as part of the Advent Calendar collection for less than ₦2 million.
“It is a proposition that brings together two qualities not always found comfortably in the same sentence: exclusivity and value,” Seinde Signature GM said.
There is an inherent romance to an advent calendar: the anticipation of opening one compartment after another, never quite knowing what the next discovery will bring. Seinde Signature has translated that anticipation into the language of fine perfumery.
The Seinde Signature Super-Luxury Advent Calendar is, in essence, a treasure chest of 12 olfactory discoveries, assembled for Christmas and the gifting season, but created with the collector firmly in mind.
“It is a quiet but significant statement about the evolution of Nigeria’s luxury market, and about the capacity of a Nigerian fragrance house to conceive, curate and execute an experience with genuine international sensibility. It is luxury, curated. It is discovery, beautifully packaged,” Ms. Olusola added.
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