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Guest-Blogger Carlos Huber of Arquiste:The Sights & Scents of Mexico {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}
Carlos Huber at a floral market in Mexico Founder of Arquiste parfums Carlos Huber is an architect with a deep curatorial instinct which he brings both to his specialization - historic preservation - and new venture, a perfume house...
A Video Interview with Dries Van Noten & Frédéric Malle about their Perfume Collaboration {Passion for Perfume - Portraits}
An in-house interview with Dries Van Noten and Frédéric Malle offers insights into the creative process behind the birthing of the new Dries Van Noten eau de parfum. The video is right after the jump... ...
Interview de Keiko Mecheri en Version Française {Passion for Perfume - Portraits}
Chers lecteurs francophones,Je vous propose ici une version française de l'interview de la directrice artistique de Les Parfums Keiko Mecheri, Keiko Mecheri, effectuée précédemment en anglais. J'ai pensé que la marque étant peu connue des amoureux des parfums non...
A Polyphonic Interview with Prince Nicolo Boncompagni Ludovisi, Perfumer Lorenzo Dante Ferro, Public Relations Godfrey Parkin {Passion for Perfume - Portraits}
As we announced previously, two historical perfumes - or ought we rather to say historicized perfumes - L'Aurora and Giove Nettuno Plutone were recently re-created by Italian perfumer Lorenzo Dante Ferro for the Prince and Princess Boncompagni Ludovisi based on...
Interview with Keiko Mecheri {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}
It is my pleasure to bring to The Scented Salamander readers a unique first interview with Keiko Mecheri of Les Parfums Keiko Mecheri on the occasion of the relaunch of her line in a new, sculptural packaging. I have to...
Serge Lutens Talks About Feminite du Bois & Cedar: An Exclusive Video Interview on the Occasion of the 16th Anniversary of a Modern Classic {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}
Serge Lutens is nothing if not passionate about his conception of perfumery. Hear him talk about his first encounter with the fascinating raw material of cedar in Morocco and how it became a key note in the modern classic Féminité...
Interview with Serge Lutens Around El Attarine And Serge Noire {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}
Photo © Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido •• Interview with Serge Lutens Around El Attarine And Serge Noire •• 1) TSS: El Attarine is a reference to Arabian culture, to a well-defined place, the coranic school of Fès. It was written...
•• Interview de Serge Lutens •• Autour de El Attarine et de Serge Noire {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}
Photo © Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido Serge Lutens s'exprime autour de la création de ses deux derniers parfums, El Attarine et Serge Noire. Nous apprenons qu' El Attarine est un condensé de son expérience d'artiste et d'esthète du cinquième...
Interview with Linda Kramer, Assistant Vice-President for Ralph Lauren Fragrances {Perfume Q & A}
When Ralph Wild by Ralph Lauren first discreetly launched in late 2007, we immediately became aware of its existence as we got an email a few days before New Year revealing a certain sense of urgency from a young...
Interview with Perfumer Egon Oelkers - Biehl Parfumkunstwerke {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}
In this informative in-house interview conducted by biehl. parfumkunstwerke, we learn about the process of creation of the house's perfumes in the words of Egon Oelkers. He is also a senior perfumer at Symrise and head of their new...
Q & A With Serge Lutens - Part 2 {Perfume Q & A}
Photography by Serge Lutens, reproduced with the permission of Peter Gabor - © Reproduction is forbidden, used for pedagogical purposes. As people will see in the second part of our interview with Serge Lutens (see Part 1), he is a...
Questions & Réponses Avec Serge Lutens - 2ème Partie {Perfume Q & A}
Photographie de Serge Lutens, reproduite avec la permission de Peter Gabor - © toute reproduction interdite, usage strictement pédagogiqueComme vous pourrez le constater en lisant cette deuxième partie de notre interview avec Serge Lutens (voir la première partie), il est...
Q & A With Serge Lutens {Perfume Q & A}
In this Q & A with Serge Lutens, the discussion focuses on his latest creation, Five O 'Clock Au Gingembre (in the export range) and the notion of luxury, one of the key concepts that inspired the new scent....
Questions & Réponses Avec Serge Lutens {Perfume Q & A}
Serge Lutens dans les jardins du Palais Royal - photo de Ling Fei Dans ce questions et réponses avec Serge Lutens, la discussion se déroule autour de sa dernière création, Five O' Clock Au Gingembre, et de la notion de...