“Duft (i.S.v. Parfum) ist nichts und kann deshalb alles werden.” – CHRISTIAN JANECKE
Category Archives: DICTUM
Creativity
“Wherever I create something I like, I can be sure that it is too far out.” – ANDREAS WILHELM
Trickle down
“There are many essences of mint in perfumery – spearmint, peppermint, pennyroyal, field mint, bergamot mint – which are also used for flavouring sweets, toothpaste, chewing gum and sometimes as fragrance in household products; these different applications depreciate the emotional impact of smelling mint. The same is true of the smell of lemons which was first used as a fragrance for washing-up liquid in the United states in 1969 on a product called Joy, and went on to become an olfactory symbol for cleaning products. Since then, lemon has only rarely been used in eaux de toilette.” – JEAN-CLAUDE ELLENA
Everything
“I know of nothing that has no smell.” – JEAN-CLAUDE ELLENA
Seasonal Greetings!
“B. O.” is the indispensable Other of the perfume and fragrance industry, despised and feared at the same time; to be eradicated, yet its raison d’etre.” – HANS RINDISBACHER
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The social role of a perfume
“Perfume plays a social role in that it effects a unique synthesis of individual egoistical and social purposes in the field of the sense of smell.” -Â GEORG SIMMEL Continue reading The social role of a perfume
Ambient scent!
“In social organizations smell is a rich unconscious background to everything else.” – OLIVER SACKS
Perfumer
“As a perfumer I am the car. The FDM is the driver.” – ANDREAS WILHELM
Olfactory communication
“In Hades, psyches perceive each other by smell alone.“Â – HERAKLT Continue reading Olfactory communication
Ephemeral strength
“There are strong perfumes for which all matter is porous. One would say they go through glass…” — CHARLES BAUDELAIRE