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Artistic freedom in perfumery

Le 16 juin 2008 à 17:50 sur 1000fragrances

Often marketing, price and regulation are named as limits for the modern perfumer in the quest of beauty and perfection through scent. But there is another one that is not so much talked about. Every big fragrance house has its own raw materials (internal quality) and what is sold to other (...)

L’Air du Temps - 60 romantic years

Le 14 juin 2008 à 13:39 sur 1000fragrances

Yesterday Nina Ricci celebrated 60 years of l'Air du temps and as a member of SFP I was invited to the marvelous event - presentation. As I arrived quite early I had the privilege to understand one of the facets of the perfume. The air was scented with l'air du temps. It was delicious and I (...)

Shop in Moscow

Le 12 juin 2008 à 17:36 sur 1000fragrances

Perfume shop in New Moscow Hotel, mid 30's (photo I took from an american magazine) It's a part of the reborn of cosmetic/fragrance industry that I will detail next week.

Henri and Guy Robert

Le 11 juin 2008 à 1:13 sur 1000fragrances

From the early 50's a photo of a famous family of great perfumers: Henri Robert, not yet perfumer at Chanel and the very young Guy Robert, his nephew.

The lack of sensorial nuance

Le 11 juin 2008 à 0:57 sur 1000fragrances

Economics gave perfumery the chance to evolve with a tremendous speed (think the new molecules available now) but also we entered the new era with less sensorial nuance. It is funny to see that while marketing plays a lot on sensorial rediscovery in the formula of many perfumes what happens is (...)

Purity

Le 11 juin 2008 à 0:36 sur 1000fragrances

Like architecture, perfume is about structure and detail, bones and decoration. Depending on the style of the perfumistic "writing" the choice of the "stone" can be crucial. Think Adolf Loos, Frank Lloyd Wright, Carlo Scarpa. The aroma chemicals of the organ can hide treasures that are not (...)

The Orris war : Firmenich & Givaudan

Le 7 juin 2008 à 18:36 sur 1000fragrances

Two giants in chemical research. Two great scientists. One molecule - irone, one of the principles of orris concrete so beautiful expressed by Iris Gris (Fath). In 1948 the small fragrance world was "devastated" by a controversial issue with both scientific and economic impact. The correct (...)

Scent dinner .... but in futuristic Rome

Le 5 juin 2008 à 22:13 sur 1000fragrances

This short presentation is from an american trade magazine - mid 30's. Scent dinners are not new in the business but look how it was done in that exuberant era. The final phrase contains a word - Fascisti. To my entire surprise, reading american trade magazines (1934-1936) - I saw a lot of (...)

Chanel Le 1940 Beige

Le 4 juin 2008 à 20:39 sur 1000fragrances

Scent dinner in Paris

Le 3 juin 2008 à 16:35 sur 1000fragrances

Thursday, 5th june, 7.30 PM - Scent dinner with Chandler Burr in Paris - restaurant Lapérouse. "The evening will begin with an introduction to a category of scents universal in France yet virtually unknown in the world beyond: "les parfums gourmands" or culinary perfumes. These (...)