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)
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!
Nice, enjoy your Insolence, and good luck with the Adidas. But he will not make any extra money for your purchase, I’m afraid!
FragranceNet should DEFINITELY be paying you!!!! HA HA
Now I wish I’d worn 24, Faubourg today. If only all fragrances took five years to develop….*sigh*
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.
Yes.
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.
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…