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Posted by on Feb 12, 2017 in Portrait | 1 comment

Who is Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg ?

More portraits…. Today, it’s Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg who is expert to the Versailles Court of Appeals, also specialized in Ancient Perfumery of the XX century, but is as well a passionate of perfumery items, to whom I will give the floor. Inexhaustible on the subject, he has always a story to tell you, to show you his last acquisition, or a pending book… Nothing intimidates him !

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Posted by on Jan 14, 2017 in Smell/Taste | 0 comments

8 perfume trends for 2017

8 perfume trends for 2017

8 trends point their nose among this hectic world which never cease to evolve.Perfume has never drawn so much attention.It is good news if it is conducted towards everybody, if it stimulates the olfactive sense while keeping it’s part of mystery along with a necessary dream.

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Posted by on Jan 10, 2017 in Perfumers, Plants, Smell/Taste | 0 comments

Tonka Bean with Marion Costero

Tonka Bean with Marion Costero

Totally subdued by tous les parfums du monde, the 4 documentary films by Arte, I wanted to come back onto each one, so to unveil the 4 perfumers that are Nathalie Gracia-Cetto from Givaudan , Christopher Sheldrake from Chanel, Marion Costero from Givaudan, and finally Thierry Wasseur from Guerlain. The four of them are passionate by the natural raw materials and their job. Today, Marion Costero talks about the tonka bean.

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Posted by on Jan 1, 2017 in Smell or Taste | 0 comments

Have you heard about Brontë Liqueur

Have you heard about Brontë Liqueur

There is no sheer chance but only rendez-vous. Sir James Aykroyd had a rendez-vous at Asuncion, in Paraguay where he found himself face to face with a bottle of Brontë liqueur.What it a sheer chance or pure coincidence ? One must know that his great grandfather, Sir James Roberts, a Yorkshire man, bought the Haworth parsonage, which has become today the Brontê sisters museum.

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Posted by on Oct 4, 2016 in Portrait, Smell/Taste | 0 comments

Who is Pierre Dinand ?

Who is Pierre Dinand ?

My collection of portraits continues… It is about Pierre Dinand this week : a man who has dedicated his life to the design of perfume flacons. His name is unknown to the general public, but we all know Opium from YSL, Femme from Rochas, Amarige from Givenchy, Eternity from Calvin Klein, Armani from Armani, Eau Dynamisante from Clarins… just to mention a few. Even after fifty years of his career, he still draws and dreams about new flacons with just as much passion. For him, to design a flacon can be compared to drawing a house… It is the house of the perfume ! So, let’s now meet this lively man.

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Posted by on Mar 28, 2016 in Smell/Taste | 0 comments

Esxence Milan in 2016

Esxence Milan in 2016

The Milan Esxence salon is at J-three days… It is the niche perfume brands meeting where everybody rushes to, so to launch their latest creation… In the end, Itally prevails over France, the country of the creation of perfumes.If you don’t go to Esxence, it’s bad luck for you, as otherwise you become « a has been ».

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