Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 It's macabre, but the character of Baptiste Grenouille from the _book_ Perfume is my foremost idol. Though he was fictional, I would love to be able to catalog every scent I came across in my mind the way he did (I'm working on it). As far as nonfictional idols, I have to say Mandy Aftel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Adam Gottschalk wrote: > It's macabre, but the character of Baptiste Grenouille from the > _book_ Perfume is my foremost idol. Though he was fictional, I would > love to be able to catalog every scent I came across in my mind the > way he did (I'm working on it). As far as nonfictional idols, I have > to say Mandy Aftel. > Hi Folks.... I'm not familiar with many fictional NP idols.... I'd hafta go with Adam on this one for nonfictional.... Mandy Aftel...... Her 'Essence and Alchemy' opened a whole new way of looking at the essences for me..... She's also the founder of our Natural Perfumers Guild, she runs classes in NP....... Just kinda goes on and on..... -- W. Bourbonais L'Hermite Aromatique A.J.P. (GIA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 > > Who is your perfume idol? This could be a perfumer, a person that > inspires you to make perfume, or anyone else that you connect with > perfume. > Edmond Roudnitska. The man was just incredible; amazing. Self taught for the most part; never stopped studying flowers -- kept a very full flower garden for fragrance inspiration for decades. The way he approached his perfumes was all about pure art. His philosophies are so much in tune with my own. Even though he was a " mainstream " perfumer, he held the natural ingredients in the highest esteem. As a perfumer and as a person, he holds my undying admiration. Cheers! Andrine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 > > Who is your perfume idol? This could be a perfumer, a person that > inspires you to make perfume, or anyone else that you connect with > perfume. > Edmond Roudnitska. The man was just incredible; amazing. Self taught for the most part; never stopped studying flowers -- kept a very full flower garden for fragrance inspiration for decades. The way he approached his perfumes was all about pure art. His philosophies are so much in tune with my own. Even though he was a " mainstream " perfumer, he held the natural ingredients in the highest esteem. As a perfumer and as a person, he holds my undying admiration. Cheers! Andrine Edmond Roudnitska is my idol as well! Take care, Simone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 > > > > Who is your perfume idol? This could be a perfumer, a person that > > inspires you to make perfume, or anyone else that you connect with > > perfume. > > >Jacques Guerlain, Ernest Daltroff, Edmond Roudnitska, Carles, Dodd, Lorenzo Villoresi, Mandy Aftel, Andy Tauer, Joëlle Oldenbourg, Paolo Rovesti, Marguerite Maury .. Friendly, Thérèse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 the character of Baptiste Grenouille from the _book_ Perfume is my foremost idol. Though he was fictional, I would love to be able to catalog every scent I came across in my mind the way he did (I'm working on it). As far as nonfictional idols, I have to say Mandy Aftel. Hi Folks.... I'm not familiar with many fictional NP idols....I'd hafta go with Adam on this one for nonfictional....Mandy Aftel...... > > Her 'Essence and Alchemy' opened a whole new way of looking at the > essences for me..... > -- > W. Bourbonais > L'Hermite Aromatique > A.J.P. (GIA) Hi all I'd put the idol spin on Suskind - 'cause he understood enough about fragrance and the ways of the perfumeur and human odour and all that stuff to write 'Perfume'. ditto re Mandy and Essence and Alchemy - after I read it I tossed out all my aromatherapy text books [mentally, not really] and began the quest for the 'ah ha' moment. and to add a strange bed-fellow to the mix ... Luca Turin ... please don't toss me out of this group ... the book Emperor of Scent which describes Turin's theories of how our olfactory system might really be working, and the account of the workings of the fashion houses, noses and scientists hidden out back at the big synth-makers, was the definer for me.... and must have earned him some enemies somewhere... Margi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 > Hi all > > <snipped> ...and to add a strange bed-fellow to the mix ... Luca > Turin ... please don't toss me out of this group ... the book > Emperor of Scent which describes Turin's theories of how our > olfactory system might really be working, and the account of the > workings of the fashion houses, noses and scientists hidden out back > at the big synth-makers, was the definer for me.... and must have > earned him some enemies somewhere... > > Margi > I have no problem with that at all. Just because Luca writes about synths as well as naturals doesn't negate the fact that the way he looks at and writes about smell is very admirable and can add benefit to the way we all look at the materials we work with and the way we smell them. I checked the book out from the library last year, just to see what everyone was talking about. And it was a good read. Yes, my eyes rolled back in my head while I was trying to follow some of the chemistry he wrote about (but I stuck with it and read it all anyway - I figure it was good knowledge to have taken into my head -- some of the info about the synths could also possibly apply somehow to something natural in my brain). And yes, he's got a serious ego. That doesn't deter from the fact that the book is a good one. I think it's good thing that it was written. It fills a need. Cheers! Andrine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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