The tide will change

I have always approached fragrances as worlds to explore . Every perfume I meet takes me into a story, or an emotion, revealing the dream, the vision, the obsession of its creator, that is not me . I have always perceived fragrances as creative acts by someone who had something to say and used olfactory notes to do so , just like others create with words, colors, musical notes, or dance steps. The customer is only a witness to the creator’s vision, and can understand it or not. For me, meeting a fragrance still means meeting a universe of stimuli and stories. Sometimes this universe is so beautiful, evocative, formally perfect, masterfully executed that I sink gladly into it, its beauty speaks to me, exalts me, even if I am only a witness and it does not vibrate with my personal emotions and experience. I am trying to say that a scent is not beautiful because I like it. Or because it speaks about me. Or because it makes me feel good. That scent is be...