Looking
For Langston

Isaac Julien's Looking for Langston (1989), a lyrical exploration of Langston Hughes and Black queer desire

FILM


Created in concert with the 30th-anniversary retrospective of Isaac Julien's Looking for Langston (1989) at Tate Britain (2019). This fragrance translates Julien's groundbreaking meditation on Black queer desire and the hidden histories of the Harlem Renaissance—the intimate darkness where Langston Hughes and his contemporaries created in secret.

summary: AMBERY, SPICY, FLORAL.
MATERIALS: transparent floral, indolic floral, leathery notes, musk, spices.


»Harlem in bloom, Langston in shadow. Mourning, celebration, and desire held in the same breath.«
FÀP Catalogues · Retrospective

Looking for Langston


Director — Isaac Julien
Perfumer — Yann Vasnier
Medium — Film
Status — Available

11 / 2019

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