Sniff a $5K perfume set, explore Muji’s new flagship and other NYC events this week

Rima Suqi
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Side-by-side of Louis Vuitton perfume books next to plates from San Sabino, the new restaurant.
Louis Vuitton's new fragrance bible and the West Village's hottest Italian spinoff are among the luxurious debuts on our Alexa calendar this week.

Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC.

It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.

What’s making our luxury list this week?

Muji’s minimalism maximizes in Midtown, Don Angie’s sister restaurant debuts just down the block, and Yoko Ono drops an artsy athleisure collab with Pangaia.

MORE IS MORE: Muji’s Fifth Avenue flagship expands

There’s more room to shop Muji’s cult-favorite clothing and home goods at the Japanese retailer’s newly renovated Fifth Avenue space. Courtesy of Muji
There’s more room to shop Muji’s cult-favorite clothing and home goods at the Japanese retailer’s newly renovated Fifth Avenue space. Courtesy of Muji

A significant renovation has added 3,500 square feet to the Japanese retailer’s already substantial Fifth Avenue store, creating an epic shopping destination for minimalists in the process.

The newness includes a Muji Books area and a plethora of merch perfect for small-space living, including from other aesthetically aligned brands.

Browse personal-care products from Public Goods, super-stylish small kitchen appliances from Balmuda and a selection of heatproof glassware from Japanese heritage brand Hario, before sampling Muji’s latest sartorial offerings in warm-weather appropriate linen and hemp. 475 Fifth Ave.; Muji

SINGULAR SCENTSATION: Louis Vuitton’s new ‘Perfume Atlas’

Louis Vuitton has just released the fashionable tome “A Perfume Atlas,” along with a luxurious box set that includes all 45 essences featured in the book.
Louis Vuitton has just released the fashionable tome “A Perfume Atlas,” along with a luxurious box set that includes all 45 essences featured in the book.

Louis Vuitton has just released “A Perfume Atlas,” a book that details the journey its master perfumer, Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, takes in the creation of the brand’s “tailored fragrances.”

Readers can follow Belletrud’s global search for exceptional ingredients — from the Rose de Mai of Grasse to the oud Assam of Bangladesh and the bergamot of Calabria — learning the secrets of their harvest, extraction, distillation and blending.

Available in a choice of three different covers (Rose, Lemon and Jasmine) the atlas itself is sadly not an olfactory experience.

But a limited-edition boxed set of the book can be. I

t’s packaged with 45 vials of raw essences for a first-hand (er, nose?) experience of all the ingredients covered in the book.

The limited-edition set is $5,000 at select Louis Vuitton stores (including in New York City); the book is $160. LouisVuitton

WAIT NOT: San Sabino restaurant opens in the West Village

Snag a seat at San Sabino, the West Village’s newest hot spot for Italian cuisine from the chefs behind Don Angie. Alice Gao
Snag a seat at San Sabino, the West Village’s newest hot spot for Italian cuisine from the chefs behind Don Angie. Alice Gao

If you’ve given up on ever snagging a reservation at Michelin-starred Don Angie, try its brand-new sibling San Sabino, which opened last month just down the block in the West Village.

It’s helmed by wife and husband chefs Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli, and named for Scott’s maternal grandfather (after the patron saint of Sanza in the Italian region of Campania).

The menu is heavy on handmade pastas and seafood, and includes tasty bites like Crab & Mortadella dip with Ritz crackers, Stuffed Mussels and the chefs’ take on (who knew?) Shrimp Parm, with “three enormous head-on prawns in a sweet and sour Arrabbiata sauce with stracchino cheese.” Delizioso! (Currently open for dinner only.) 113 Greenwich Ave.; SanSabinoNYC

BEARING FRUIT: Yoko Ono’s Pangaia collab debuts at MoMA Design Store

Six decades on, fans of Yoko Ono’s “Grapefruit” can finally acquire custom merch adorned with advice from the instructional art book, courtesy of MoMA’s Pangaia pop-up in Soho. Courtesy of MoMA
Six decades on, fans of Yoko Ono’s “Grapefruit” can finally acquire custom merch adorned with advice from the instructional art book, courtesy of MoMA’s Pangaia pop-up in Soho. Courtesy of MoMA

Sixty years ago, Yoko Ono wrote “Grapefruit,” a book of drawings and instructions for life that today is considered a work of conceptual art.

In honor of its anniversary, the sprightly 91-year-old Japanese artist has collaborated with Pangaia on a limited-edition capsule featuring selected written “instructions” from the book.

The work-from-home friendly pieces — a T-shirt, hoodie and tote bag — debuted yesterday at the Pangaia pop-up at MoMA Design Store’s Soho location as well as online.

Pangaia fans can also shop a selection of the brand’s coordinating looks, available through May 21.

Fun fact: “Grapefruit” is still available for those curious to read the tome that inspired the collection. 81 Spring St.; MoMA Design Store

BLUE SWOON:  Yves Klein exhibit at  Lévy Gorvy Dayan

“Yves Klein and the Tangible World” at the Lévy Gorvy Dayan gallery includes 25 works — and the artist’s signature blue pigment. The Estate of Yves Klein c/o Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris and courtesy of Levy Gorvy Dayan
“Yves Klein and the Tangible World” at the Lévy Gorvy Dayan gallery includes 25 works — and the artist’s signature blue pigment. The Estate of Yves Klein c/o Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris and courtesy of Levy Gorvy Dayan

The French artist whose name is to a certain shade of cobalt blue what Christian Louboutin is to red is finally getting his New York City due.

“Yves Klein and the Tangible World” opened yesterday at the Lévy Gorvy Dayan gallery (through May 25, curated in collaboration with the Yves Klein Foundation). I

t features 25 works, many of which are exhibited here for the first time.

They include his body-trace paintings, fire paintings, sculptures and the “Pure Pigment” installation, featuring grains of his International Klein Bleu powdered pigment set in a frame on the floor. 19 E. 64th St., Lévy Gorvy Dayan