“Since antiquity, humans transformed walls, stones and also plants to survive. So, in this laboratory, I wanted to show that to give a more holistic vision of the history—which is nature and chemistry—and everything is in everything.” [Mathilde] Laurent’s poetic, artistic vision celebrates not just the perfume as product, but the actual art of making it as well. “I would say cooking is the neighbor of perfumery. Mixology is the neighbor of perfumery. Gardening is the neighbor of perfumery. And I wanted all these neighborhoods to be present in the laboratory,” she explains.

— Cartier perfumer Mathilde Laurent on her new laboratory in Paris. Read more in Cartier's Mathilde Laurent Is Redefining The Art Of Perfumery at Gotham.

To me, the rose is almost not a Cartier flower. It’s too classic, too romantic, too mawkish, too much of a cliché or too commonplace. The flower has always been a symbol of femininity and that bores me. It makes me sad because there are countries where men wear roses, and it represents masculinity and virility. In the end, I said to myself that I could twist it to really show off its beauty.

— Perfumer Mathilde Laurent talks to Prestige about Cartier's new rose trio. Read more in Perfumer Mathilde Laurent on Cartier’s new “I Only Love Wild Roses” range of haute parfumerie.