“Beautiful and minimalist, the traditional Japanese art of ikebana - arranging bouquets of cut flowers and leaves using very few elements - ideally corresponded to a form of expression I could transpose in a perfume. The smell of a rose early in the morning, damp, sprinkled with dew, delicate and light.” ArtLightBeautifulFormMorningCuttingExpressionFlowerElementsRoseSmellTraditionalDelicatePerfumeDewDampArrangingMinimalistBouquetsJapanese Art Author:Jean-Claude Ellena
“The future does not really lie in discovering new fragrant raw materials.... In order to endure, haute perfumery is therefore condemned to inventing new olfactory promises...to finding a new form of expression.” DoeFormLyingOrderExpressionMaterialsPromiseFindingsEndureDiscoveringFragranceInventingRaw Materials Author:Jean-Claude Ellena