I am driven by my own ideas of creation and the ethics that I held dear to me. I choose to work from a green, sustainable and conscious perspective…. to create a perfume that could represent the reconciliation that is possible between opposites…Natural balanced with technology, and modern with mystical…
Place is distinct from space — it’s a terminus of locality, it’s where you are, what you are, and — in your consciousness — presence. Being present is paying attention. And scenting brings one to a feeling of sentience in the center of your experience — fragrance can be the strongest context of memory. Sisell Tolaas sprays her wrist liberally with what she calls Guy No. 3. “I wear it to parties,” she says. S&M Guy and Guy No. 3 were derived from the sweat of two of the nine men who were the subject of Tolaas’ 2006 exhibit the FEAR of Smell — the Smell of FEAR at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center.
Yes the IFRA rules change, I must always keep up, especially because I use many natural and raw materials. But I can always create with what is available…. I am not affected too much by these rules and my advice to any new perfumer? Never compromise your art for commerciality
Before they were your favorite 'noses', perfumers like Jean-Claude Ellena, Mark Buxton, Francis Kurkdjian, Isabelle Doyen were students. We thought it would be fascinating to interview an emerging perfumer, one with a fresh 21st century perspective and share what its like to be an American olfactive student abroad . Its with great pleasure we introduce Alexander (Alex) Lee, an Asian-American student …
