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“I created Chloé because, although I thought couture was beautiful, I also felt it was a little old-fashioned and artificial. I believed that beautiful, high-quality things should be seen on women walking in the street.” — Gaby Aghion, founder of Chloé

“I think of perfume as a magical messenger between the unconscious and the conscious, and between the past and the present. It is not a messenger of nostalgia, but of a time capsule. It has the power to situate us between yesterday, today and tomorrow.” — Daniela Andrier, perfumer, at the 2017 Tiffany fragrance launch event

“Beauty is the birthright of every woman.” — Elizabeth Arden (Florence Nightingale Graham)

“Creating perfume had become an inevitable step in the development of our couture house. Through fragrance, I wanted to build an olfactory signature worthy of the brand’s DNA.” — Elie Saab (on signing the licensing agreement with Beauté Prestige International, 2009)

"I kept coming up with these names. And Andy kept saying Kate Spade because we were 50-50 partners. And finally I just said, 'OK.' And everyone said, 'I love it, Kate Spade New York.'" ― Kate Spade (née Brosnahan) Translated from the Japanese version: “I

“The brand we are building speaks very honestly and faithfully about who I am, and I find no difficulty at all in creating it.” — Tommy Hilfiger

“Aramis told men that they, too, could wear a pleasant scent and have smooth skin.” — From the official heritage of The Estée Lauder Companies

“From the beginning, I wanted to make a gourmand perfume—with chocolate and candyfloss. After hundreds of trials, Angel was born. … Angel is a distillation of craftsmanship, the result of complex research.” — Manfred Thierry Mugler (Document Journal, September 2021)

“Style is personal. Ralph Lauren Fragrances offers another opportunity for individual expression through timeless style.” — Ralph Lauren

“Everything I built collapsed. Just as human beings are born to die, everything I created collapsed.” — Nikos Apostolopoulos