"Perfume is believed to be magic worked by science."
"Bottling the Memory"
This episode focused on the making of the scents following three stories - one with a unique fragrance shop owner in New York and the second was perfumer who creates fragrances for Hermes and an exclusive perfume school outside Paris.
We first meet Christopher Embrosia who owns the shop - 'I hate Perfume' in New York. He aims to find beauty in what is real like Roast Beef and other normal day scents people smell while walking around. He is approached by a man who is an Anglican fan and wants a scent that resembles tweed, old books, old pubs and smoking pipes.
We then meet Jean Claude Elena, a perfumer from France. He works in the peaceful woods with his lab technician and creates smells that are known as a fantasy. He makes old factory masterpieces with very expensive ingredients. Apparently Jean Claude Elena does not have to make any thing or Hermes until he feels inspired. You cannot ask Elena to create something specific he wants to surprise the brand. Elena was an apprentice at the school of noses - owned by Givaden.
The Givaden school of noses recruit apprentices that will eventually work for big name brands. That year there were 5 years and some years they take on no one at all!
I found this episode very interesting and loved learning about all the scents and chemistry needed to become a perfumer. The final summary of episode three will be up tomorrow.
Soraya x
Photo Credits:http://honestlywtf.com/art/the-lust-list/
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