I have an eclectic taste for art and perfume, but I have rules on how to select perfumes. They have in common inventiveness, character, signature and this way of making one with the wearer. I have never watched other people’s work. Not out of contempt but I don’t think it elevates you. Art is a better source of inspiration. I’d rather go to the V&A than to Sephora.

— Read more in Perfume publisher Frédéric Malle: ‘I’d rather go to the V&A than to Sephora’ at The Evening Standard via Yahoo! Life. Malle is sponsoring this year's The Evening Standard Art Prize.