![]() Carnal Flower (Dominique Ropion, 2005), which is a fantastic fragrance, took a total of 690 tests!”Īrticle published in the March 2021 issue of France-Amérique. “Eighteen months is a nightmare, but sometimes it’s worth it. Depending on the fragrance, creating a single perfume “can take between six and eighteen months,” said Frédéric Malle in January in a video interview at the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) in New York. The spicy freshness of pimiento, angelica and juniper flowers melts into a woody sea of cedar, patchouli and vetiver, bound by galbanum and frankincense in a mysterious enhancement of men’s natural. Also, the way we teach perfumery asks perfume students to associate the ingredients that they learn with their personal journey, including the taste of food and various smells from their everyday life.”įrom Iris Poudre (Pierre Bourdon, 2000) to Rose & Cuir (Jean-Claude Ellena, 2019), some 30 perfumes have been produced in 20 years, in collaboration with a dozen noses who each leave a signature on their creations. Frederic Malle French Lover Raw masculinity.For the man who would not normally wear perfume, who believes in naked attraction and relies on the simple seductive power of his rugged appearance. “Perfumery is well imbedded in French culture, more so than it is in the U.S. Almost all of them are French, which is no coincidence: “The best noses in America, historically, have been French,” says Frédéric Malle. These leading names in the profession are behind some famous fragrances sold by the millions, but the public may never have heard of them. I also have four children and I wanted them to be citizens of the world, not just French.”įrédéric Malle met several “noses” while at Roure, including Dominique Ropion, Jean-Claude Ellena, and Edouard Fléchier, who proved to be close allies when he launched Editions de Parfums ten years later. 10 perfumes in similar style to French Lover by Frederic Malle ambergris galbanum incense marigold oakmoss vetiver. The amazing success of Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle in the U.S., almost from the onset, was really the determining factor in moving to this country. “I was lucky to grow up between the two countries for family reasons. ![]() The French perfumer is the nephew of director Louis Malle and has lived in the United States since 2006. French Lover Cologne by Frederic Malle, French Lover is a woody, aromatic fragrance that was designed for me. A coffee-table book, published by Rizzoli, was also released in late 2020, looking back over two decades of daring and creativity. Twenty years later, he has conquered the world, and his elegant black, white, and red bottles are sold in some 50 countries, including China as of last year. When Frédéric Malle founded his eponymous company in Paris in June 2000, he turned his back on the sector’s accepted codes and fashions. Seeking out the excep- tional, the original, the “wow” factor. Refusing formatted fragrances sold en-masse on the shelves of chain perfume stores. Giving their authors, the “noses,” the time and means to fully express their art, free from market analyses and restrictions on the product’s overall cost. Creating perfumes like Gallimard edits novels.
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