“When creating a smell, I go for subtle, clean, crisp, light fresh alluring fragrances that must evoke timeless elegance and a quiet sophistication.” FragrancePerfumerColognes Book:Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent Source: Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent
“As a person, I take pleasure in receiving and sharing. As a perfumer, I like showing and convincing.... I'm quite simply following the trajectory of an artist, someone who seeks and, sometimes, finds.” PersonsSometimesArtistPleasureFollowingReceivingConvincingFragranceTrajectory 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
“My visitors say they noticed perfumes from different companies in my fridge, and ask what I need these for. I explain that they are mainly there as historical benchmarks of quality, below which I must not and would not want to fall.” WantNeedsDifferentFallAsksQualityCompanyHistoricalPerfumeFragranceVisitorsFridges Author:Jean-Claude Ellena
