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Sniff the embroidered flowers

Posted by Robin on 20 May 2020 4 Comments

My aunt would also always tell this one anecdote: My grandmother was a fantastic cook, and she had an apron with embroidered flowers, so when I was a little, little kid, and I could barely walk, I would approach her and sniff the embroidered flowers of her apron. Everybody remembers it; there aren’t any pictures, but my aunt is still talking about it.

— Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux, quoted in This Perfumer Truly Knows What Happiness Smells Like at The Cut.

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  1. austenfan says:
    20 May 2020 at 12:30 pm

    It’s a really nice interview. He says some very interesting things about things that smell unclean and how he loves incorporating those in fragrances. I instantly thought of his beautiful Âme perdue, which has a very overripe fruit note.

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    • Robin says:
      20 May 2020 at 8:51 pm

      Agree — he comes off better than many of these from The Cut.

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  2. LizzieB says:
    20 May 2020 at 1:32 pm

    My niece used to sniff the wallpaper flowers. ?

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    • Robin says:
      20 May 2020 at 8:51 pm

      Cute!

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