Book Information
Japanese title (English gloss): A Perfumer’s Diary
(French original title: Journal d’un Parfumeur; English title: The Diary of a Nose)
Author: Jean-Claude Ellena
Year of publication: 2011 (Japanese translation: 2011)
Publisher: Hara Shobo
In a society that pursues speed, the time spent judging a perfume is two seconds at most. That is no different from the speed at which we take in visual information. To be judged in so little time is a real nuisance, when perfume only tells the truth once you have smelled it and worn it.
Jean-Claude Ellena
Book Review
Words, and smells even more so, do not necessarily mean the same thing to each of us. But smells are something a perfumer can work on, bring to life, and change. Smells live, and perfumes are alive, because the meanings of smells change.
Jean-Claude Ellena
Jean-Claude Ellena wrote this book from a diary kept over the course of a year as Hermès’ in-house perfumer, hoping “to let people know what kind of life a perfumer leads.” It shows what a perfumer thinks about each day and how the process of creating fragrances proceeds through trial and error. Pearls of wisdom are scattered throughout, and there is something to learn no matter how many times you reread it. A must-read for perfume lovers, from beginners to seasoned enthusiasts.
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