Perfume

I have been working on designing a book jacket for 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind. One of my ideas involves a similar concept to that of Edgar Rubin's vase:


I want the perfume bottle with the emerging fragrance to be the image that the viewer first sees, but I also want them to be able to see the silhouettes of the faces on either side. These silhouettes represent the two sides of Grenouille, the main character in the story. I have produced this design with both black and white silhouettes to see which works best:


You may be wondering why the facial features on the silhouettes are exaggerated so much, but this is because the character is intended to be unattractive.

Personally, I am swaying towards the black at the moment, as I feel this has a stronger impact. Feel free to let me know what you think. Please remember these images are still at the rough stage at the moment. =)