What Is Your Favorite CaFleureBon Interview + February’s Spilled (A Dozen) Perfume Draw

  

Brooklyn Artist Bella Foster

  

So many draws. So many comments. Why so much spilled perfume?

On the right hand side of the home page are my interviews with well known perfumers. Choose your favorite interview and enter a comment  with one of your favorite quotes from the interview and three readers will be eligible to win:(if you do not follow this exactly you are not eligible)

 

1. From En Voyage: You have a choice of any of Shelley's twelve perfumes (including two naturals L'Emblem Rouge .25 oz edp and Go Ask Alice in the .50 edp) in a .5 oz eau de parfum. Please specify

 

2. From Neil Morris Fragrances:any of his over fifty EDPs from the Vault Collection.Please specify your choice

3. From Keiko Mecheri Attar de Roses  EDP www.keikomecheri.com

 

 4.ONE 10ml of Mohur by Bertrand Duchaufor for Neela Vermeire-  http://www.neelavermeire.com/

5. Liz Cook One Seed: Freedom 5ml. http://www.oneseedcompany.com/

6. 15ml Jane Cate A Wing and a Prayer: Filoli Rose, named after the legendary gardens in Northern California.(rose absolue, rose geranium) http://www.etsy.com/shop/wingandprayerperfume

7. A sample set of all five zodiac fragrances  from www.siperfumes.com

8. A sample set of Kerosene Trewthe  R'Oud Elements, Creature, Copper Skies www.minnewyork.com

 

9. A 1ml sample of Armani Prive Cuir Noir

10. 3.4 oz A*Men  (usa only)

11. 100ml of Chinatown http://www.bondno9.com/shop/eau-de-parfum/downtown/view/chinatown

 

 

 12. 100 ml  of Calypso St. Barth  Bellini by Kari Arienti of Symrise

Draw closes February 29, 2012. The Draw is random, BUT YOU MUST INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE NEIL MORRIS AND EN VOYAGE PERFUME OF YOUR CHOICE.

We announce the winners only on site and on our Facebook page, so Like Cafleurebon and use our RSS option…or your dream prize will be just spilt perfume.

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95 comments

  • Joaquim says:

    My favorite interview is Mona di Orio’s:
    The quote: ” As we said previously, we want to focus now on our new collection “Les Nombres d’Or” but our first collection will be relauched little by little… It’s a surprise…”, hope this is true, I need more Carnation and Nuit Noire!!

  • Sandi L says:

    Favorite interview== difficult to answer as I find them all informative and enlightening! I think the one that this quote comes from is one of the top “What I love about being independent is that I have the wonderful opportunity to use all the best and marvellous natural ingredients as I want, without any compromise, I don’t have any brief, no prices limit, I’m totallly free and nowadays it is an incredible and rare privilege and a great luxury.” This is of course the interview with Mona 😉 My choices in the perfumes open in the draw are “Go Ask Alice” and Le Parfum d’ida. Why so much spilled perfume?

  • Donna F. says:

    From Sylvie Ganter of Atelier, when asked Paris or New York….” Impossible to choose! Both cities are exceptional and so different at the same time, like yin & yang.”
    I would love to win the Calypso St. Barth Bellini!

  • Ceil says:

    I especially enjoyed Last tango in NY with Maurice Roucel.

    “Now Ava by Maurice Roucel ? It would refined and beautiful, it would be alive and with movement and radiant. Somewhat dry and refined. Sparkling top notes, with a sensual amber, vanilla, dry down”
    This sounds like it would be amazing…I wonder if he made it after this interview? Wouldn’t it be something to be the type of woman who would inspire this?! Fun!

  • dervishspin says:

    Mandy Aftel! I particularly liked the tartness of “I don’t buy into that model that some teachers do, of pushing little hatchlings out of my nest – that’s too much like thinking of them as kindergartners who have mastered their ABC’s and are going on to grammar school. “

  • Adele says:

    Mandy Aftel interview – “I have created custom perfumes for celebrities, but mostly they are created for my private clients. It is one of the things I enjoy doing most, and is based entirely on the client’s interaction with my collection of aromatic raw materials. I don’t use questionnaires and don’t ask any questions about the client’s life. But invariably, during their journey through the different essences, they tell me so much about their lives because the essences themselves are conduit to memories.”
    Love the Calypso Bellini fragrance.

  • Lala says:

    My favorite interview was with my favorite perfumer, Bertrand Duchaufour. I especially enjoyed this exchange:

    So many perfume lovers feel a strong connection to your fragrances. In your opinion, with so many fragrances on the market, why do so many of your perfumes resonate with the public?

    BD: Because they are well done (laughs)

    Gotta love a guy who tells it like it is with no false modesty!

  • Kathryn says:

    My favourite interview is the one with Mandy Aftel. Very interesting woman – love her devotion to natural perfumery.

    “My work became more self-conscious because I knew I was going to have to explain it. And in that way I became more aware of my own creative process, I really enjoyed finding a greater intimacy with it”.

    I would love to win the Keiko Mecheri’s Attar de Roses. I’m absolutely loving roses at the moment.

  • dervishspin says:

    Oh… whoops! I forgot to mention if I win I am interested in Neil Morris’s Rumi and En Voyage’s Nectars des Iles. (sorry…!)

  • ringthing says:

    I especially enjoyed the interview with Marc-Antoine Corticchiato of Parfums d’Empire, one of my favorite lines. I don’t recall an exact quote, but I was very interested in his early love of plants and botanicals. I also found it fascinating that instead of thinking of a particular period of time and designing a perfume around it, he instead is drawn to a particular raw material, then researches it and designs a scent around that material and what time period that material was most in use, or served a particular need. I enjoy all of the interviews & reviews on this blog, actually; I’ve learned a lot in a short time. Thanks!

  • Cheesegan says:

    My favorite interview was with Geza Schoen of Eccentric Molecule. My favorite quote of his was his response to the following question:

    You’ve been a hot topic in the blogs lately, specifically that a niche perfumer ‘stole’ your formula for Escentric02. True?

    GS: I read about that and then I smelled it. It’s a new fragrance by Juliette Has A Pistol, it does have ambroxan but it smells more like Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue For Her dry down, but never mind.

    My other favorite interview was with Mona de Orio, but it just made me so sad to read that interview again. She was so full of talent and life, her early death was truly a tragedy.

    Thank you for all your wonderful interviews. I enjoy this blog very much.

  • Kathryn says:

    Sorry, including my choice of Peche Noir by En Voyage and Neil Morris Dark Season to my above post to be eligible. Thanks for letting me know.

  • Lala says:

    Whoops! I actually can read, although you would never know it from my message above. The En Voyage and Neil Morris were hard to choose, but I’m going with Go Ask Alice (fabulous name!) and Dark Season. Thanks!

  • Floyd says:

    I think my favorite Interview was with MARC-ANTOINE CORTICCHIATO. and my favorite quote was:
    “More than anything, I work around emotions. My perfumes are an invitation to explore the most complex and mysterious of empires: the realm of the senses.”

    ” Fetish” would be my choice of the Neil Morris selections and “Go ask Alice” would be my choice of the En Voyage

  • SueK says:

    Jessica September Buchanan: “I love all the natural raw materials since they are so alive!”
    Neil Morris Cathedral (just like the sound of it)
    and Go ask Alice.

  • Not a Botanist says:

    My favorite interview was the one of Neil Morris. I enjoyed learning about his experiences and inspirations for his fragrances. My choices are October and Debut de Carmel.

  • Claudia says:

    My favorite interview was the LIVE, From New York It’s BERTRAND DUCHAUFOUR: An Exclusive Interview That Rocks the Casbah …..it nade me laugh when you asked Are you a Kindle person or a book person? and he says : What is a Kindle? My choices for NM and En Voyage would be Mystic Dragon and Carmel Boheme. Awesome draw, i am rubbing my lucky horse shoe 🙂 Thank you for the fabulous draw.

  • TaffyJ says:

    I enjoyed Christopher Chong’s interview and how he weaves his past experiences into the present when creating a fragrance.

    I really liked this quote: “Perfumes are more than beautiful scents. It is a philosophy defining who we are and how we want to represent ourselves. I sang the notes in the past. Now, I tell stories with fragrances.”

    And don’t we all supplement our own stories by the fragrances we choose to wear on any given day?

    My choice for Envoyage is ‘Go Ask Alice”, one of my favorite perfume names, and for Neil Morris, my choice from his impressive valut is Midnight Tryst.

  • nekosan says:

    Mandy Aftel: “I do not believe in creating a lineage of perfumers that are “certified” by some teaching method or another. In fact, many of the natural and artisanal perfumers I admire are self-taught, and often go on to teach others.”

    I really just have my eye on the Strange Invisible samples; I don’t think I’d do justice to a full bottle of unknown perfume, unfortunately. =(

  • Severinka says:

    Interview with Fabrice Penot, co-founder of Le Labo is quite in unison with my cultural and artistic quests, all the references, metaphors and attitudes to modern philosophy, as well as how naturally life philosophy links with professional creative credo:

    “Has a musical composition, work of art or literature inspired a fragrance from Le Labo, or you personally?

    FP: personally maybe… all Cioran, Romanian philosopher, which i will quote here:

    “ ‘In a world without melancholy, nightingales would belch”

    That might answer the Macy’s question too…”

    Earlier in the conversation there was a rather tactful note on Macy’s:

    “On your website, a few years ago it said we don’t want to be sold in Macy’s. They have some nice fragrances in Macy’s. Isn’t the purpose of a good revolution to bring the best to all? You sound like an elitist not a revolutionary.

    FP: i can sure be an elitist sometimes but in that case i don’t see how i am really. Nothing to see with a judgement on the perfumes are sold there… some of them are part of my favorite actually. let me clariify here. i have nothing against the perfumes that are sold in this kind of places. What i don’t connect with is the way they are sold.”

    Rather a non-judgmental, yet affirmative style of sharing is quite appealing to me 🙂

  • Brooke says:

    I remember nuggets from several interviews. I loved reading about Neil Morris and his Mom’s sense of smell (the meatball story). I also loved the interview with Bertrand D when he asks, “what is a Kindle?”. In both cases, they seemed to mimic experiences from my own life which is why they have stuck with me for so many months. Speaking of BD, I would love to try Mohur.

  • Alica says:

    I liked interview with the CAron’s President Romain Ales who said: “All our fragrances are formulated with raw materials of the highest quality and most of our suppliers have not changed.” I would like Neil’s Midnight Forest and Go ask Alice from En Voyage. Thank you!

  • Strangeways says:

    I enjoyed the interview with Bertrand Duchaufour.

    My choice is “Havâne pour Homme” (En Voyage) and “Cathedral” (Neil Morris).

  • Irina says:

    I was very interested by Calice Beker, as I admire her work
    Favorite quote:”Apprentice to a painter:
    Calice Becker: It would be Raphael. He painted with an easiness- beauty with ease. The result looks effortless, yet I always imagine what he as an artist poured into his work. To be touched by his grace!”
    as for my choices:
    poete de Carmel (en voyage)
    dark season ( Neil morris)

    many thanks for the draw

  • Alexutu says:

    The interview I liked the most was with Martine Micallef. Really did not know much about her or about her house, but that interview opened my sight to new fantastic creations from her. If I were to win, I would like to win Chinatown. Thanks for the giveaway.

  • Laurentiu says:

    I enjoyed very much the interview with Maurice Roucel. He is one of my favourite noses and I appreciate him for his great creations like Musc Ravageur or Dans tes Bras. I like him because he does not stop where other would have stop, but instead continues to search for new and new beginings.
    I would like very much to win Chinatown. Thanks!

  • marcopietro says:

    My favorite Interview was the one with Neil Morris.
    My choices are Nectars des Iles by En Voyage and Gardenia in Flower for Men Series of N.Morris.
    Thanks for the draw.

  • Amer says:

    favorite quote from Mandy Aftel’s interview: “For me, always working in a solitary, intuitive way had meant that I never had to find the language to describe what I was doing, so it changed things internally for me to have to find the words and communicate to Andy and the readers of Nathan’s blog.”

    I would love to have “go ask Alice” or Hologram in my collection.

  • Nicolai-R says:

    I enjoy the Amouage fragrances, therefore knowing more about the man behind them, Mr Chong, was a real pleasure. From Neil Morris I would like to win City Rain. Thanks.

  • noetic owl says:

    My favorite interview was with Laurie Erickson of SSS, as it gave me a glimpse into the life of the woman who makes the perfumes I adore 🙂 ! Nectars des Isles (en voyage) and Scrumptious (Neil Morris). Thank you for the draw!

  • noetic owl says:

    Just realized that it had to be an interview from the right hand side of the home page so I will say that Jessica September Buchanan (the genius behind Reglisse Noire) would be my favorite interview. I love her spirit and tenacity. Favorite quote “polar opposites could come together and find a place of connection that was perfectly balanced”. She was talking about natural vs. synthetics in perfume but I see the quote as correlating to so much else in life. Nectars des Isles and Scrumptious would be my choice if I were lucky enough to win 🙂 .

  • LegoBoy says:

    Favorite interview is the one with Neil Morris – “It would be impossible for me to remember a time when fragrance wasn’t important in my life. The earliest scent I can remember is the fresh scent of my blanket when I was very young.” – I can relate to that.

    From Neil Morris I’d like to win Cafe.

  • MariaA says:

    How lovely to be able to win again all this spilt perfume!! My favorite interview was with Mona di Orio and her description of her journey as a perfumer, her study with Edmond Roudnitska her love for food wine and of course art!! My farite quote is a memory of her childhood:
    “One of my first olfactory memory, the strongest one and certainly the most beautiful and vivid one is…. When I was a little girl, my grandparents lived in the South of France, each evening as a ritual I was watering the garden with my grandmother. The most magical moment was when she watered the geraniums…
    Suddenly the smell of crackling dry earth, the intense and suave perfume of the geranium wet leaves. This deep intoxicating fragrance is still one of my favorite which brings me back immediatly to my chilhood and it’s it’s so precious and it’s one of the reasons why I wanted to become a parfumer…”
    From the spilt perfume I would like to win Keiko Mecheri’s Attar de roses or BondNo Chinatown. They both are on mywishlist!!

  • Asali says:

    I’ve enjoyed ALL interviews immensely, but hands down the most special one to me is Mona’s. Her wonderful spirit shines through in this delightful interview, she was a true artist and is sorely missed.
    I can never understand all this spilled perfume, such amazing fragrances… I chose Dark Season from Neil Morris and Vents Verdants from En Voyage before, so that’s absolutely what I’m sticking to should I be so lucky.
    Thank you very much for generous redraws and beautiful perfumers interviews.

  • TimeaZsofia says:

    My favorite interview was with Calice Becker, and the quote is the following:
    What century to live and why?

    Calice Becker: NOW! I love the amount of knowledge we have access to today and the exciting discoveries in science which is incredible. The knowledge we have of the human brain is endlessly fascinating. So maybe next century to discover more…
    If I were the lucky one, I would like to win Neil Morris “Dark Season” vault fragrance.
    Thank you for the draw. 🙂

  • Holly F. says:

    All that spilled perfume, if only some of it could be mine… fingers crossed! I loved the recent interview with Neil Morris, and even came back to it several times to read over the quote, “There is a “hinge” moment in New England as winter turns to spring when your nose tells you that the snow will no longer fall and the earth is ready for new growth. We just have to listen to our noses.” This was worded so beautifully and resonates within because I know and can feel that very moment. The idea of “listening” with our noses is so spot-on! I’ve wanted, all along, to try Dark Season and Vents Ardents. Maybe now will be my chance!

  • Evgeniy says:

    My favorite interview was with Marc-Antoine Corticchiato of Parfums d’Empire.
    I choose Fetich from Neil Morris

  • yash says:

    My favourite interview as with Calice Becker. Her work is so amazing. I would love Gandhara from neil morris and nectar des îles.

  • Paul Matem. says:

    Really hard to decide which interview was the best. Each of them had something appealing to it, something magical, because it was art expressed through the words of more masters, therefore all of them were very good in my opinion and that is why I would like no to choose one over the other because it is really hard and because I can not do that.
    I would like to win Moulin Rouge or Nectar des Iles. Thank you very much.

  • Asali says:

    I forgot the quote from the Mona interview; honestly it’s impossible to pick one but, I’ll got with the answer to introvert or extrovert

    Well, both of them, it depends of the situation, I love to share my passion, to meet people and I could talk about fragrances for hours and hours. but when I create, I become very inaccessible, I like to be alone and focus on my creation so I can be on my own for days without talking, just smelling and thinking….

    So beautiful…

  • Tami H. says:

    Thanks for the draw! This is my favorite quote from the Neil Morris interview.

    The earliest scent I can remember is the fresh scent of my blanket when I was very young. That scent represented warmth and safety and started me on my fragrant odyssey through life; one that I am still on! I have always connected with the world around me through my sense of smell; whether it was the smell of my father making pancakes in the kitchen on Sunday morning or the scent of changing seasons when walking through the woods.

    I would like to win Shelley’s “Go Ask Alice”

  • Jan says:

    Naturally, I have to quote the sadly late Mona di Orio. Here’s how she describes the ‘olfactory chiaroscuro’:
    What I name a “olfactory chiaroscuro” means for me: the lights and the shadows as in a painting. I feel in a perfume that the the ” lights” are the top notes, the shiny citrus, the sharp green leaves… And with the heart notes, we are going to enter slowly in a different mood, to experiment a certain density, more smooth, velvet-like including for example the woods, some flowers and spices… And then to reach finally the bases notes which are deeper, more intense, sensual, animal and darker (animales notes, crystallized products, resinoids…).
    This is, as opposed to the monotone alchemistic approach to perfumery, the way I like to enjoy a perfume. For me, it is not only important to reach a perfect scent, but more so, to experience a ride, shifting from top to base. It’s the art of the perfumer of communicating with the wearer. Could this be more amazing?
    My choosing in the open draw are Havâne Pour Homme and Dark Season.

  • Gypsy Parfumista says:

    Of all the wonderful interviews I have read on here the one with Rodrigo Flores-Roux (one of my personal top three noses) and Yann Vasnier has to be THE one! *sighs* I had NO idea they were such great friends!

    Neil Morris Vault scent: SWOON

    En Voyage: Camel de Ville

    Thanks for the chance to win! I cannot believe so many were unclaimed!

  • AubreyZ says:

    I love soooo many of the interviews, but as a woman, I was intrigued by Calice Becker’s personal stories about how she grew professionally into a perfumer. And as a leather lover, I loved this quote: “I love the smell of my horses, their skin. They are vegetarian, so their skin has a soft scent that combines hay with leather- but soft and enchanting to me.”

    (BTW – I hadn’t read the two Geza Schoen interviews back to back before; it’s funny how the one with Mark Buxton is so much more light hearted than the other. I’m such a big fan of Mr. Schoen’s work. I’m really glad that you interviewed him! I recently discovered WODE and re-read his description of the development today. I think his fragrances are so brave).

    Chinatown from Bond No 9 – I’ve been fantasizing about this one since finishing my decant. I received so many compliments on that one at work! 🙂

  • Jade says:

    I chose a quote from the Neil Morris interview: “We are taught to pay attention to what we see, hear, taste and touch but our sense of smell can tell us so much more, if we’d only listen.”

    For the Neil Morris fragrance I chose: Intimate Gardenia
    For the En voyage perfume I chose: Makeda

    Good luck to all!

  • Amy says:

    I especially enjoyed Maurice Roucel, and this exchange:

    Which perfumers do you MOST admire?
    MR: G-d.
    I’m assuming he said “God”?

    All the interviews were fascinating! I’d be thrilled with Neela Vermeire’s Mohur. Thank you for the generous giveaway!

  • Ccc says:

    I found lots of interesting interviews here. The first one that comes to mind is Mona di Orio. Knowing more about her background it helped to understand her perfumes better.

    My choices would be Le parfum d’Odette and Carmel Boheme. It was really difficult to decide!

  • Sujaan says:

    I loved reading about Martine Micallef. When she said, “I co-founded the company PARFUMS M MICALLEF with my husband in 1997, and since the very first day, it has been a “ joint venture” of love and passion in all we do and how we live.” That just sounds like the best love story to me! I met her very briefly at the Elements show and she is just as beautiful in person.
    I would love to win that gorgeous Chinatown bottle, but if that’s taken I would be very happy with Mohur by Neela Vermeire.

  • hotlanta linda says:

    Caron`s Romain Ales telling about Ernest Daltroff`s coming to America, and 60 years later Lady Caron appears from this great memory!! Would like to win Mecheri`s Attar de Roses or Filoli Rose from Jane Cate! Thank you!! 🙂

  • JessieB says:

    I love the Atelier Cologne range, and so I loved hearing from Sophie Ganter. I liked hearing how they came up with “Cologne Absolue:” “So we chose a term that conveyed the notion of freshness (cologne) and concentration (absolue).”

    My choices would be: Nectars des Îles for the En Voyage collection, and Intimate Gardenia from Neil Morris.

  • einsof says:

    i love to hear Mandy Aftel express her art. the very fact she CALLS it art. for that’s exactly what it is. i also had deep admiration for her saying:

    “I joined Facebook and Twitter, which has been such a positive experience for me – to meet so many other perfumers, bloggers, and people who love perfume. I really love the interaction in this online community, being able to speak directly to the people who are interested in my work.”

    because then art comes full circle- created, taken in, and then discussed. the art becomes a conversation….

    my choice would be Strange Invisible Perfumes Zodiac Collection sample set. thank you!

  • Boris says:

    I loved Ms. Di Orio’s description of her most vivid memory of nature. “Suddenly the smell of crackling dry earth, the intense and suave perfume of the geranium wet leaves.”

    My choice would be Fetish from Mr. Neil Morris.

  • karen says:

    I haven’t been following the blog for all that long (and haven’t yet had the time to go through and read all the interviews posted before I started following), but I enjoy and learn things from all of the interviews. One quote in particular jumps out of my memory “[My mother] didn’t wear any fragrances because she hated them ” (Marc-Antoine Cortichiatto). It seemed odd because I always envision perfumers as people who cultivated a love of fragrance from an early age and having a mother who hated perfume would be a hindrance.
    My choices: En voyage Debut de Carmel and Neil Morris Izmir

  • Ceil says:

    Forgot to select the fragrances…sorry!
    Neil Morris: City rain
    En voyage: Poete de Carmel

    Thank you!

  • Isa says:

    One of my favorite interviews was the one to Geza Schoen and Marc Buxton, but I talked about it in other draw, so today I’ll quote something that Bertrand Duchafour said in his interview: “The art of perfumery must be at the same time, innovative, harmonius, and ‘sent bon'”.
    I totally agree.

    My picks would be:

    En Voyage: Vents Ardents.
    Neil Morris: Earthtones number 3: North Woods

    Thank you!

  • Sillage says:

    Ever since she said it, I’ve been considering this thought on independence from Jessica September Buchanan, “Perfumery is a solo art, similar to writing, which I believe, requires more soul-searching than the modern machine allows for.”

    From Neil Morris I most desire Midnight Flower
    From En Voyage I most desire Début de Carmel

  • Blue Lotus Flower says:

    Jessica Buchanan said: “I did not have a specific mentor in school-I would say that I was simply a sponge to soak in every possible bit of knowledge from every single teacher or mentor that I came in contact with while in Grasse.”

    That meant a lot to me since I’m going through the same in Grasse.

    From Neil Morris: Burnt Amber
    From En Voyage: Go Ask Alice

  • tomatefarcie says:

    I have to go with Bertrand Douchaufour, a great philosophy “The art of perfumery must be at the same time, innovative, harmonius, and “sent bon.”

    Neil Morris: Le Parfum d’Odette

    En Voyage: Vents Ardents

  • Ellen Covey says:

    From Neil Morris, I would choose Gandhara.

    From En Voyage, I would choose Makeda.

    I enjoy all of the perfume interviews, so it would be hard to pick a favorite.

  • Barbara S says:

    Neil Morris—-Midnight Tryst
    EN VOYAGE PERFUME L’Emblem Rouge

    Mandy Aftel:” Natural perfumery is the art of creating beautiful luxury fragrances, using only natural essences”.

    I am learning so simple goes a long way right now!!
    thanks for the draw.

  • Olga says:

    I love flowers, hence the favorite quote from the interview with Calice Becker:

    MC: The Calice Becker signature…
    Calice Becker: Of course, it is flowers. Always flowers have inspired me and have become a signature for me. I am endlessly fascinated by flowers. They are the original “perfumers” (!) as for millions of years Mother Nature has put together molecules to achieve the most perfect formula. Compared to flowers, perfumers are super beginners in creativity ! The most perfect natural smell of flowers is my personal quest, and one that never ceases to excite me.

    For Neil Morris I’d love Burnt Amber
    Doe En Voyage — Debut de Carmel.

  • d3m0lici0n says:

    My favorite interviews are Mona di Orio and Bertrand Douchafour. All are really good inetrviews but I pick those two.
    Thanks!

  • Cynthia says:

    Because I admire her work, the Calice Becker interview was one of my favorites. I liked this rather long quote:
    ” It was my mother though who encouraged me to become a perfumer. This was not easy -especially being a woman in a male dominated profession. At that time, a woman was not especially welcome. I was rejected by several companies I approached. One CEOs got me so upset that I told him, “With or without you I will become a perfumer!” And, I left his office. The story goes that he ordered someone to go after me stating, “We need a perfumer with guts.” I was hired that day.”

    Of course I admire her passion. But the favorite part of the quote to me was that she credits her Mother with encouraging her to pursue her passion. I have three kids in college who I try to encourage, and I hope they end up doing something they love.

    EnVoyage Perfume: GO ASK ALICE. Love the name!
    Neil Morris Perfume: Dark Season

  • harper says:

    oh, i love your mona di orio interview.
    the fact of it.
    and the substance of it.
    if you had not interviewd her in such depth, we would not know her as we do because of it.
    so thank you for this 🙂

    my fave quote is her answer to whether she’s an introvert or an extrovert: “Well, both of them, it depends of the situation, I love to share my passion, to meet people and I could talk about fragrances for hours and hours. but when I create, I become very inaccessible, I like to be alone and focus on my creation so I can be on my own for days without talking, just smelling and thinking….”

    i can just see her creating away… wish she had had more time.

    re: fragrances, i would choose poete de carmel from en voyage, and summer of love from neil morris.

  • Paul H says:

    My favorite interview was with Sergio Momo from Xerjoff you asked him his phobia and he stated “My phobia is definitely a fear of losing creativity. I come from an artistic background and to me and this is what defines me. I look around me everyday to be inspired by what nature has to offer and I try to translate this into my work.” It is refreshing that such a creative force worries about it all running out, something I ponder myself. For Neil Morris Hologram sounds so refreshing and from En Voyage L’ Emblem Rouge.

  • einsof says:

    …obviously i cannot read. i get overly excited sometimes:

    Neil Morris Rumi

    En Voyage: L’Emblem Rouge

    (and thank you Shelley for donating to Broadway Cares!! <3 )

  • adabella says:

    Michelyn, I love your interviews they are all unique and allow us in to the perfumers mind. My favorite interview was with Geza Schoen he was very open and minced no words I loved his opinion on celebrity perfumes ” I am sure I haven’t smelled all VIP fragrances but you can predict that the people who are really into fragrances would dwell neither in the juice nor in the idea of a celebrity perfume” So very true! My fav’s from Neil Morris is Taj and En Voyage Vents Ardents they both are exquisite and must try’s. Please enter me in the draw.

  • sunnlitt says:

    I really enjoyed the interview with Jessica September Buchanan. British Columbia is one of my favorite places on the planet.
    I love the image that she creates for her future—“a fully stocked, bright and sunny studio, telling stories through the creation of perfumes.”
    I’d love a bright and sunny studio for myself, too.
    I’d love to experience Neil Morris Drifting.
    And, En Voyage Vents Ardents is a lovely fragrance.
    Thanks!

  • Borko Boris says:

    I liked very much the interview with Sergio Momo. Unfortunately, I have not tested any Xerjoff yet, but his description and the passion that he puts in each of his perfumes put my curiosity on fire.

    If I were to win, I would like to win Midnight Flower or Nectar des Iles.

    Thanks

  • Victoria Casey says:

    I enjoyed the interview with Geza Schoen ” We do lifetime scents and therefore offer high quality perfumes one should fall in love with”
    If I win I would really like the Keiko Mecheri Attar De Roses

  • Anna in Edinburgh says:

    I liked this statement from the Pierre Guillaume interview: “I keep my technical subterfuges to myself, and the spectator experiences only the emotion aroused by them.”

    That chimes with my approach to perfume (and books and films and theatrical performances and music): only I can experience what I experience when I experience it but the person who arranges or orchestrates the work employs all their artistry to achieve those effects!

    Investigating the “technical subterfuges” afterwards, by reading reviews or commentaries and thus comparing my experience with those of others, is often surprising and interesting but I try not to prejudge, colour or cloud that initial experience, letting what happens happen instead.

    Neil Morris’s “Midnight Tryst” (although there are so many very tempting scents in The Vault …)

    En Voyage’s “Makeda”.

    Fingers crossed!

  • taffynfontana says:

    Ooooh you have so many interviews that it is hard to choose I really enjoyed Calice Becker “Collaboration with my fellow perfumers is so valuable and is an integral part of the fragrance development process. We rely on our colleagues to give us their insights and this allows us to focus on the creation and the consumer, so we can get to the final design much faster” that quote about team-work resonated with me because we can all achieve more with a little help from our friends. I love En Voyages’ L Emblem Rouge and Neil Morris’ Le parfum D’ Odette.

  • 3thingsuneed says:

    MS.ROCHELLE BLOOM President of the Worldwide Fragrance Foundation, a lady to be admired for being down to earth and having accomplished all that she has.A really enjoyable interview.(Pre-Red Carpet at the FiFis 2011)

    QUOTE: “A lovely fragrance should beckon you to come closer, not push you away”
    This was in response to the question regarding a ban on perfume in public buildings.

    EN VOYAGE~ Go Ask Alice
    NEIL MORRIS~ Gandhara

  • Sigrun says:

    I resonated with what Mona di Orio said about how she like perfumes that change and develop during a wear and how she do not like flat perfumes : “I need to feel a movement, to follow a development.”

    If I win I’d love to try Neil Morris Burnt Amber and En Voyage’s Peche Noir.

    THnaks for this draw!

  • Bellatrix says:

    Very interesting interview for me was the one with C. Chong.
    My creative process is very personal. It begins with a feeling and then this feeling is elaborated into a story. I am inspired by everything around me. Finally, I articulate this feeling and story with examples of music or films in order to evoke the moods. With all my creations, it is a tale of travel. This could be a geographical travel or an emotional one.

    Thanks for the draw.
    I would love to try Go ask Alice or zodiac fragrances.

    Many thanks!

  • mim says:

    I loved these profiles! I remembered Mssr Guillaume as being particularly interesting regarding botanicals, synthetics, techniques and artistry. Going through these a second time was quite fascinating!
    One of his quotes:

    “It’s more complicated than that. The idea is to reconcile nature and technique and to show that the two types of ingredients – synthetic and natural – complement each other. We use synthetic resources but combine them with natural extracts to restore the innate nature, radiance and life of the materials used: I call this « olfactory photography ».”

    I don’t know enough about perfumery as a science but from an artistic perspective that sounds quite interesting. Also regarding an artistic perspective, from Mona di Orio:

    “… studied architecture and painting and I was intrigued by the “Golden Ratio” considered as a divine proportion, a key to reach the beauty and the perfect balance.
    So I have been thinking that it could be fascinating to refer to this theory considering the perfume creation. I work around a beautiful natural ingredient as I’m going to enhance one of its facets in particular, to accentuate its personnality, trying to sublimate it and looking for the perfect balance….”

    It’s hard to choose a favorite interview, but I think I would choose Ms. do Orio’s– her artistry and passion are matched by her enthusiasm!

    En Voyage: Go Ask Alice

    Neil Morris: Dark Season

  • Michael says:

    Well my favorite favorite was the Behind the Bottle with Adam Gottschalk, but that one isn’t showing up in the interviews column, probably because it was a Behind the Bottle.

    Another one I really enjoyed was the Interview with Mona di Orio, and it was really special given that it was one of the last interviews with her, so very sad. My favorite quote from the interview was when she was talking about learning to love smells in the markets with her mother and grandmothers. “Indeed the market is the first place I visit when I travel, it informs me about the habits and customs of the country.”

    That is such a great way to immerse yourself in another culture, especially for those who are addicted to scents!

    If I am lucky enough to win, the En Voyage scent I would love to try is Go As Alice and the Neil Morris scent I would love to try is Earthtones #1 Dark Earth.

    So much missed perfume! Thanks for being kind enough to reoffer them!

    Michael

  • zanzibar says:

    I enjoyed reading Marc-Antoine Corticchiato’s interview and liked the following quote.

    “My perfumes are an invitation to explore the most complex and mysterious of empires: the realm of the senses.”

    I would select Shelley’s En Voyage perfume Havâne pour Homme (yum!) and Neil Morris’ Cafe (also yum!).

    Thank you for the draw.

    Kind regards,

    Daniel.

  • SmugGoat says:

    “For me, perfume is about articulating the different colors of emotions and personal history. It is all about the present reconciling with the past. Perfumes are more than beautiful scents. It is a philosophy defining who we are and how we want to represent ourselves. I sang the notes in the past. Now, I tell stories with fragrances.”

    This is a beautiful quote from Christopher Chong describing why he chose the career path in fragrance and how it relates to his other artistic passions. I agree with his statement wholeheartedly and I feel a strong relation between music and fragrance as well. Music is composed of different layers of percussion and melody, each unique and individual on their own, but combined together form a powerful and very emotional connection. Such is the world of fragrances as well, some scents are there not just to be pleasant, but to remind you of a different time or place in your life as well. How often has a simple scent triggered strong memories that were all but forgotton? Music and Fragrance are just different sensory perspectives of a similar nature.

    Neil Morris Fragrance- Burnt Amber
    En Voyage- Go Ask Alice

    And I’ve been very curious about the Kerosene fragrances, but they are impossible to find!

    Thanks for this website, It is delightful!

  • Elisa says:

    My favorite interview is with Calice Becker; I enjoyed learning that Kilian Hennessey picked her first iteration of Beyond Love (my favorite tuberose) and called it “the one.”

    My choices would be Vents Ardents from En Voyage and October from Neil Morris.

  • Bonbori says:

    I adore M. Roucel so I will pick that interview as my favorite. On perfume shopping, Maurice Roucel recommends, “Try four –five on a strip and spray two-three maximum on skin. Walk away. Wait. Then decide.” Such good advice.

    Re: my choices, for the En Voyage: Debut de Carmel; for the Neil Morris: October.

    And you know I have my eye on that Chinatown!

  • Sue says:

    I love this quote from Michelyn’s “LIVE, From New York” interview with Bertrand Duchaufour, as it introduced me to the perfumer, his works, and one of my favorite perfumes ever, Traversee du Bosphore. The quote captures M. Duchaufour’s aesthetic as he truly pushes the boundaries on beauty and is, in my mind at least, a true artist.

    QUOTE:
    In order to be considered Art, must a fragrance smell good?

    BD: Yes, I think so. Yes. Yes. Yes. It can be so easy just to make something experimental or to shock. The art of perfumery must be at the same time, innovative, harmonius, and “sent bon”.

    I would love to win the bottle of Bond Chinatown, if selected. Thank you very much for all the interviews and the draw! 🙂

  • Ariane says:

    I love all your interviews,but especially the one with Maurice Roucel and C.Chong,since I am inlove with 3Amouages right now,I will go with Christopher Chong and his quote “Perfume is about articulating the different colors of emotions and personal history.It is all about reconciling the present with the past”
    En Voyage L’emblem Rouge
    Neill Morris Summer of Love
    Thanks for the draw!

  • katror says:

    What a great draw, and a good excuse to look at some of the interviews I missed. I love Calice Becker’s creations, and I was inspired by her connection to Russia:

    “Russia is a culture of aesthetes, where tastefulness is so valued… even it has no commercial value…or maybe, especially if it has no commercial value! The details are everything…. My mother has always inspired me in this way… I can remember her serving tea outside in the garden, and she would cover a simple wooden table with an ornately embroidered cloth and place a shiny samovar of tea to serve from.” — Calice Becker

    My choices would be Debut de Carmel from Envoyage, and October from Neil Morris, and Mohur of course!

  • TimeaZsofia says:

    My favorite interview was with Calice Becker, and the quote is the following:

    “What century to live and why?

    Calice Becker: NOW! I love the amount of knowledge we have access to today and the exciting discoveries in science which is incredible. The knowledge we have of the human brain is endlessly fascinating. So maybe next century to discover more…”

    If I were the lucky one, I would like to win En Voyage “Go and ask Alice” and Neil Morris “Dark Season” vault fragrance.
    Thank you for the draw.

  • Amy says:

    Whoops-
    My choice of Neil Morris would be Cathedral. En Voyage would most definitely be Makeda! Thanks again.

  • Erica says:

    Oh Mona. I adore this quote so much:

    “My grandmothers and my mother are all excellent cooks and I spent a lot of time observing them when they were in their kitchen or going with them to the market, I was always trying to touch and smell the fruits and vegetables. Indeed the market is the first place I visit when I travel, it informs me about the habits and customs of the country.
    Our meals were always full of flavor, color and happiness.”

    Neil Morris choice is: Earthtones #1 Dark Earth
    En Voyage choice is: Makeda

  • stellaglo says:

    from neil morris i would be honored to try cathedral. from en voyage, the l’emblem rouge is calling my name with the rose musks. i truly can’t believe these were all unclaimed!

  • Lisa says:

    From Mandy Aftelier

    As a self-taught perfumer, with many years of experience, how gratifying is it when your students can fly on their own wings? Can you give an example?

    MA: Well, I don’t buy into that model that some teachers do, of pushing little hatchlings out of my nest – that’s too much like thinking of them as kindergartners who have mastered their ABC’s and are going on to grammar school.
    —
    NEIL MORRIS choice: Le Parfum d’ Odette, Prowl, Rose of Kali, Fetish, or Midnight Star (these all sound so amazing- I would be very happy trying any of them)
    En Voyage Choice: Go Ask Alice or Peche Noir