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The last great classic

Posted by Robin on 19 February 2016 9 Comments

Perfumer Maurice Roucel on his own fragrances:

With «KenzoAir», man has accepted his feminine side and retained something of the little boy that he once was. For me, there is no such thing as a fragrance for men or a fragrance for women.

«Insolence» for Guerlain would not have been the same if it were made for another brand. Culture comes into play. It's a controlled insolence, which is positioned in the fruity family.

This [24, Faubourg], for me, is the last great classic. It represents all the elegance of Hermès. It's a distinguished woman whose femininity is expressed in an amber base. This fragrance took 5 years to develop.

This [DKNY Be Delicious] is the most extroverted of all my fragrances. It's romance in New York, with a floral structure to give it a form of originality and modernism.

(Quotes from 22 Perfumers / 22 Parfumeurs by Clara Molloy & Carine Soyer)

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: maurice roucel

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  1. JadainGA says:
    19 February 2016 at 11:22 am

    Confession: After MONTHS of having it on my wishlist, I bought a bottle of Insolence EdP on FragranceNet last night. As a small filler to avoid ridiculous shipping costs, I added a $4.89 bottle of Roucel’s Adidas Natural Vitality! HA HA

    Roucel should pay NST a finders fee for my business! 🙂

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    • Robin says:
      19 February 2016 at 11:54 am

      Nice, enjoy your Insolence, and good luck with the Adidas. But he will not make any extra money for your purchase, I’m afraid!

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      • JadainGA says:
        19 February 2016 at 11:57 am

        FragranceNet should DEFINITELY be paying you!!!! HA HA

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        • Robin says:
          19 February 2016 at 2:56 pm

          🙂

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  2. Lucy says:
    19 February 2016 at 12:29 pm

    Now I wish I’d worn 24, Faubourg today. If only all fragrances took five years to develop….*sigh*

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    • AnnS says:
      19 February 2016 at 2:15 pm

      Ditto that – and thinking about 5 years of work makes some of the long term projects that I have to deal with not so bad I guess. 5 years is a good amount to spend on something really important.

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    • Robin says:
      19 February 2016 at 2:56 pm

      Yes.

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  3. cazaubon says:
    20 February 2016 at 9:20 am

    I recently bought another bottle of Insolence edp after not owning it since its launch. I do still have a bottle of 24, Faubourg, which is definitely a classic in my mind, and have always had that in my collection. Love Roucel and need to find a copy of that book.

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    • Robin says:
      20 February 2016 at 9:42 am

      It’s a great book — put out by the people at Memo Parfums. You used to be able to buy it from their website but don’t know if you still can…

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