Book Information
Japanese title (English gloss): Perfume: The Secrets of Scent and the Perfumer’s Craft
(French original title: Le Parfum; English title: Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent)
Author: Jean-Claude Ellena (in Japanese) (Jean-Claude Ellena)
Year of publication: 2010
Publisher: Que sais-je? (Japanese edition: Hakusuisha)
What a perfumer must create is an expression of desire. It is precisely because we desire something that we find it beautiful and attractive.
Jean-Claude Ellena
Book Review
Only perfumes that can truly be called creations can unsettle us and offer the unexpected. They give customers a reason to question things and abandon their habits. Creative perfumes expand customers’ powers of perception.
Jean-Claude Ellena
Ellena, a gifted writer, carries on the wishes of Edmond Roudnitska (in Japanese), a friend who had a profound influence on Ellena, and constantly strives to reveal the rarely disclosed workings behind the perfume industry.
In contrast to the accessible A Perfumer’s Diary (in Japanese) discussed previously, this book takes things a step further, providing a specialist account of the perfume industry and the profession of perfumer. It is by no means too difficult, and it is packed with intriguing material, including Ellena’s ways of thinking and approach to creating fragrances! I recommend it to anyone who wants to see behind the scenes of the perfume world.
Purchase Information
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