Alfred sung1/17/2024 ![]() We've just designed a line of chairs with a zebra wood veneer, and our new wood mantel has a walnut one. For example, when you only require about one-eighth-inch-thick veneer, you can keep the cost down. Veneers are another great way of upping the style factor, not the price, which is determined by how much of an exotic wood is used. By using bamboo in our towels, we're creating an environmentally friendly product that lasts longer and costs less to make. (In Hong Kong, bamboo is often used in place of steel scaffolding.) It absorbs moisture and takes colour well, too. Bamboo is a good example of a product that's extremely abundant and renewable but also very resilient. In fact, we employ a person in Asia who spends all his time tracking down new materials and Can you give me an example of high-style, low-cost materials?ĪS One of our bestselling items, our towels contain a mix of cotton and bamboo. At Alfred Sung, we've learned to be creative about sourcing materials that save us money. Good design doesn't cost extra and colour is free, so manufacturing products at lower price points is really a matter of choosing the right materials. That creates a need in the marketplace for beautiful home furnishings and accessories that don't cost a lot. The collective taste level of the country has gone up. Why is that?Īlfred Sung: Thanks to magazines and specialty channels, people are more aware of what's happening in the world of interior design. STYLE AT HOME: There seem to be more and more high-end designers catering to lower-end price points. We asked Alfred for his take on style for less. Since 2005, his home decor products have been available in Zellers stores across Canada. The inspirational force behind Club Monaco, Alfred went on to create eponymous lines of clothing, bridalwear and sunglasses, which were distributed across North America. First there was fashion, then fragrance and now furnishings. For a daring woman not shy to wear synthetic in the age of more natural perfumes.The very name Alfred Sung is synonymous with design. Reminiscences of the classic feminine Gloria Vanderbilt and Anais Anais Cacharel. The most appropriate word to define this fragrance? I would say "gummy". ![]() The dry down is a bit too much greasy and synthetic for my pleasure. A touch of animalic pattens and earthy/grassy elements locks the round of this particular masculine coming from the abysses of the past. ![]() The perfumed agreement of all those dense and resinous elements (vanilla, ripe fruits, mature floral leaves, galbanum, musk and moss) turns the smell out almost syrupy, "saccharosical" and "jammy". The begining introduces a touch of almost masculine toilette type of vibe with hints of bergamot and mossy lavender but the feel is evanescent as a meteor because the mellifluence is yet ready to smoulder and erupt. The bouquet of flowers is central and indiscernible in its single elements by a lait nose but what jumps in a while on mind (something lasting till the end) is a resinous and aromatic similar apricot/coconut taste elicited by the interaction from gummy galbanum, coriander (a touch of mint?), mellow peaches (pears yet?) ylang-ylang and orange over a mossy/vanillic base. The top notes influence the whole olfactory fatigue as this juice smells till the end of the trip more fruity and resinous (almost ripe) than properly floral. ![]()
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