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The fragrance of our generation

Posted by Robin on 12 July 2022 4 Comments

Patchouli was the fragrance of our generation. Smelling like the earth, undergrowth, youth, and freedom, it connected us to the imaginary world born of 19th-century Romanticism, when the word “patchouli” first appeared. In a commentary on Baudelaire, André Guyaux noted that the poet “didn’t need to go looking far for a little jar of heliotrope or tuberose, a bag of peau d’Espagne or a cashmere shawl redolent of patchouli cast on a sofa” to find himself spirited away. We, too, wanted an earthly paradise that wasn’t artificial.

— Perfumer Jean Claude Ellena, from his book Atlas of Perfumed Botany. Read more in A Master Perfumer's Reflections on Patchouli and Vetiver at MIT Press Reader.

Laboratorio Olfattivo Arancia Rossa ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 17 May 2022 15 Comments

Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Arancia Rossa, a new fragrance joining the Viaggio in Italia collection. Arancia Rossa was developed by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena…

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Laboratorio Olfattivo Bergamotto & Limone ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 11 June 2021 7 Comments

Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Bergamotto and Limone, two new fragrances joining Mandarino in the Viaggio in Italia collection. All three fragrances were developed by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena…

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The Perfume Summit

Posted by Robin on 12 October 2020 3 Comments

Frédéric Malle, along with perfumers Pierre Bourdon, Jean-Claude Ellena, Maurice Roucel, Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo, talk about the Malle line on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. (Flipo is working on an upcoming Malle fragrance, to launch in 2021). About an hour and a half long.

Laboratorio Olfattivo Mandarino ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 26 August 2020 8 Comments

Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Mandarino, a new fragrance…

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