Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Arancia Rossa, a new fragrance joining the Viaggio in Italia collection. Arancia Rossa was developed by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena…
Laboratorio Olfattivo Bergamotto & Limone ~ new fragrances
Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Bergamotto and Limone, two new fragrances joining Mandarino in the Viaggio in Italia collection. All three fragrances were developed by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena…
The Perfume Summit
Frédéric Malle, along with perfumers Pierre Bourdon, Jean-Claude Ellena, Maurice Roucel, Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo, talk about the Malle line on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. (Flipo is working on an upcoming Malle fragrance, to launch in 2021). About an hour and a half long.
Laboratorio Olfattivo Mandarino ~ new fragrance
Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Mandarino, a new fragrance…
Frederic Malle Rose & Cuir ~ fragrance review
I’ve never met perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena, but from what I’ve seen, heard and read (interviews, his own books) I like him. I enjoy (and own) many of his perfumes and, like Georgia O’Keeffe, Ellena shows that wrinkles do not tarnish sex appeal or good looks. Best of all, Ellena comes across as unpretentious, sensible, fun.
Enter stage left: Mr. Serious (aka Frédéric Malle).
In Frédéric Malle’s video of the making of Rose & Cuir,* Malle talks of Ellena’s “periods” as a perfumer…