Perfume Quotes

“When creating a smell, I go for subtle, clean, crisp, light fresh alluring fragrances that must evoke timeless elegance and a quiet sophistication.”
― Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent

“A simple combination of vanillin, a synthetic product, and labdanum absolute, a natural product, became an olfactory standard underlying a fantastic number of perfumes.”
― Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent

“The days are fruits and our role is to eat them … to make them our spiritual flesh and our soul, to live. Living has no other meaning than this.”7”
― Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent

“For a creation to last, for creative freedom, the pace must be chosen, not imposed.”
― Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent

“I create for myself, in the hope of pleasing others.”
― Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent

“Objects are repositories of what we can learn about people.

Pleasure is selfish. Luxury is something you share.

The aim of perfumery, as of all the arts, is to create products that arouse sensual pleasure.

The pleasure of the senses is also an intellectual choice.

Memory works in such a way that the perfumes which are not experienced with excitement and passion, which are not linked with a personal story, are devoid of meaning and leave no trace in the memory.

- The Baroques are defined by exaggeration and the space they occupy; the creation of tension through the accentuation of detail.
- The Classics are perfumes that have become emblems, archetypes of perfumery.
- The Abstracts are perfumes that do not imitate nature in any way.
- The Figuratives seek to provide a faithful representation of a specific odor.
- The Narratives tell a story and describe a place or a journey.
- The Minimalists express odor for its own sake, stripped of all sentiment.”
― Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent