Bertrand Duchaufour: on Mon Numéro and other stories
The program of this year's edition of Pitti Immagine Fragranze included a lecture by Bertrand Duchaufour, composer and artist working regularly for Eau d'Italie, Penhaligon's and L'Artisan Pa rfumeur , and occasionally for other brands such as Frapin, Comme des Garcons, Acqua di Parma and others. The occasion was the launch of the new line “Mon Numéro” by L'Artisan Parfumeur: a series of fragrances identified by numbers, of which I'll tell you more in a following post. The presentation was a perfect occasion for asking Bertrand a lot of questions: for example, how he met scent for the first time : "When I was 17 my girlfriend used to wear Chanel n.19. I was fascinated by her, by her perfume, but especially by the way she wore it, and the way she used to speak about it". Then he saw a TV documentary and discovered the job of “nose” or parfumeur. Up to that time he'd believed that Monsieur Yves Saint Laurent or Christian Dior were the actual crea