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...wait three months, then Florentine perfumer Lorenzo Villoresi will conjure up a fragrance in a mere two hours. You choose ingredient by ingredient?the master tests their effect on your skin. The final product?a 100-ml bottle of eau de toilette or a 30-ml bottle of eau de parfum?costs $730, and you can also order shampoos, body lotion and bath oils with the same fragrance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollars and Scents | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...depending on the rarity of the ingredients (rose extracts from the Saudi Arabian city of Taif cost $24,000 per batch). Once the perfume has been completed it is registered, and the customer receives a certificate of exclusivity. If you can't wait three months, then Florentine perfumer Lorenzo Villoresi will conjure up a fragrance in a mere two hours. You choose ingredient by ingredient - the master tests their effect on your skin. The final product - a 100-ml bottle of eau de toilette or a 30-ml bottle of eau de parfum - costs $730, and you can also order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollars And Scents | 3/21/2004 | See Source »

...says Omar Orsi, Adolfo's son and manager of the racers, "that all the great racing drivers, whatever cars they may win in now, all started first at the wheel of a Maserati. Fangio in 1947, Moss in 1954, the great Ascari who was twice world champion, Villoresi, Collins, they all started with us. There is practically no victory anywhere in the world to which Maserati hasn't contributed a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Year of the Maserati | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

...mile-long funeral procession at Mantua, Nuvolari's bier rested on a flag-draped car chassis, pushed by some of modern racing's greatest names-Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi, Juan Fangio. They buried II Maestro's scarred body, its bones marred by countless fractures, in his gay racing togs, his favorite detachable steering wheel at his side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Last Race | 8/24/1953 | See Source »

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