A spot from a Paris event featuring IFF's last Speed Smelling set. About 7 1/2 minutes long, including brief appearances by perfumers Bruno Jovanovic, Domitille Michalon-Bertier, Delphine Lebeau, Caroline Dumur, Nicolas Beaulieu, Sophie Labbe, Anne Flipo, Juliette Karagueuzoglou, Dominique Ropion, Julien Rasquinet, Alexis Dadier, Fanny Bal, Jean-Christophe Herault and Nelly Hachem-Ruiz.
The daily lemming
IFF's Speed Smelling set ("With total freedom, and occasional self-imposed constraints, 14 of IFF’s perfumers– rising stars, confirmed stars, and superstars of perfumery– open the door to their olfactive intimacy, providing just a glimpse into the richness of their worlds") for 2019 is now available at Luckyscent. Fourteen 10 ml bottles, including a "mouthwatering and sensual pistachio-and-sandalwood" by Fanny Bal and a "portentous and powerful Mandragora" by Dominique Ropion, plus booklet and blotters, $150.
Orange flower
A short film from International Flavors & Fragrances' in house naturals facility, Laboratoire Monique Rémy, about the cultivation and processing of Tunisian orange blossoms into orange blossom absolute and neroli. (If you never understood the difference between the two products, this video will explain.) About 6 minutes; perfumer Anne Flipo appears at about the 5:20 mark.
The French particularity
A short film from International Flavors & Fragrances' in house naturals facility, Laboratoire Monique Rémy, about the cultivation and processing of lavender in Provence. A little over 3 minutes; perfumer Alexis Dadier appears briefly at the beginning, and again at the end.
Ylang
A short film from International Flavors & Fragrances' in house naturals facility, Laboratoire Monique Rémy, about the cultivation and processing of ylang ylang in Madagascar. Almost 6 minutes; perfumer Anne Flipo appears at about the 4:40 mark.