Grey is one of the hardest colors to work with since it leans so easily towards other colors. Who hasn’t brought home a jar of paint only to find it looks green, brown, purple, blue or pink on the wall?! However, when it’s right, it’s right.
Low-key images, backlight, long shadows and silhouettes. Neo-noir has all the elements of the classic film noir genre of the 1940s. Dark, cynical and apocalyptic. Kind of like a Swedish November.
A proper British Afternoon Tea occasion, a complex Japanese Tea Ceremony or – like we do in Scandinavia during long, dark winter afternoons – just wrap yourself in a blanket and enjoy.
It’s not a book for sissies. Maybe not even for children, some has argued. But regardless; The Brothers Lionheart remains a beloved classic and Jesper Waldersten´s illustrations infuses new layers of darkness to the story.
A Swiss mythical character wandering the woodlands of Maules, the resurrected scent of extinct plant Silphium and a moonlit Alp cave. These are the scented stories of perfume house Stora Skuggan.