tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post4601673250671124382..comments2024-03-28T10:30:51.283+01:00Comments on Grain de musc: Perfume Making according to Frédéric Malle: "Like fascinating people, a perfume must have asperities"carmencanada /Grain de Muschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-36622545701233381772012-01-29T11:53:58.255+01:002012-01-29T11:53:58.255+01:00Ce commentaire a été supprimé par un administrateur du blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-90573457347402590992012-01-26T03:12:12.799+01:002012-01-26T03:12:12.799+01:00Ce commentaire a été supprimé par un administrateur du blog.eula_whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102514857044473415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-47998027666886592582012-01-21T12:04:38.846+01:002012-01-21T12:04:38.846+01:00Musette, so I take it the English version is now a...Musette, so I take it the English version is now available? At the launch, FM and I had a word about translation matters, and he told me he had quite a lot of input into the process for his book -- some things can't be said quite the same way when you shift from French to English...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-73297609543097743292012-01-20T20:36:56.118+01:002012-01-20T20:36:56.118+01:00I sat down at the Chicago Malle on Monday and peru...I sat down at the Chicago Malle on Monday and perused the book. It's charming and very much 'of' M. Malle, with his droll approach to perfumery and life. Not sure I would pay retail for it but I did enjoy the time spent with it.<br /><br />xoMusettehttp://www.bearboring.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-48725506989646315862012-01-16T10:44:31.832+01:002012-01-16T10:44:31.832+01:00Ce commentaire a été supprimé par un administrateur du blog.Jeff Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968842718514010544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-45608591051611181962012-01-16T00:09:58.194+01:002012-01-16T00:09:58.194+01:00Marla, I haven't heard of it being done, but t...Marla, I haven't heard of it being done, but the result is often little better than if it were, and I'd wager companies are working on programs... Octavian has been writing about a way to use other types of programs to further the art. I have have a sneaking feeling no one would bother to invest in *that*...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-5443561697836680252012-01-15T21:37:04.482+01:002012-01-15T21:37:04.482+01:00After having a conversation with a Miami perfumist...After having a conversation with a Miami perfumista friend today, I realized how grateful I was to people like M. Malle, who really understand the auteur possibilities of perfumery. My friend and I were hypothesizing about mass-market thriller fiction and perfumery, that some, or maybe most of it, is basically composed by computer programs, then tweaked a little by humans. Do you think this is sometimes true in mass-market perfumery? Are computers writing some of the formulae now, based on "market research" and past successes? I wonder....<br />-MarlaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-44046993780366712602012-01-13T17:52:20.520+01:002012-01-13T17:52:20.520+01:00Jarvis: a ringing endorsement! Ever since I starte...Jarvis: a ringing endorsement! Ever since I started receiving FM's press releases, I've been telling myself they were among the clearest and least "purple-prose-ish" on the market, and I'm glad that the house has taken the process further and made the stories available to the public. They convey a good sense of the creative process, and as such are actually pretty pedagogical.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-65401082045037014592012-01-13T17:29:01.424+01:002012-01-13T17:29:01.424+01:00I got a copy of this, in spite of not having a cof...I got a copy of this, in spite of not having a coffee table to put it on, and I've been enjoying it.Jarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320628861633769796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-65151141342280794202012-01-13T01:02:03.060+01:002012-01-13T01:02:03.060+01:00Marla, I doubt there's any set rule. You can d...Marla, I doubt there's any set rule. You can do 500 mods for a client because she keeps changing her mind as much as 500 mods to get the balance just right. I've heard of developments of dozens of mods where they went back to the first submission. Of things that got there in less than ten. <br /><br />It is my understanding, and Frédéric Malle explains it in his book, that it's towards the end that you get lots of mods to perfect the form and technical details. He insists several times that you've got to know when to stop; that you shouldn't aim for perfection.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-59656958975876698372012-01-12T21:09:21.183+01:002012-01-12T21:09:21.183+01:00Is there a range among perfumers, I mean, do some ...Is there a range among perfumers, I mean, do some basically ruminate, then come up with the perfume (say, 1-10 mods), and others actively experiment for 500 mods? What's your experience? Is it like painting where some keep tinkering forever, and others just blort, there it is?? ;-)<br />-MarlaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-90778665297857523242012-01-12T16:33:26.828+01:002012-01-12T16:33:26.828+01:00Persolaise: and this from a man who says it's ...Persolaise: and this from a man who says it's important to know when to stop! Mind you, I know that Dominique Ropion is extremely methodical in testing the different materials at various percentages. But it's also interesting that Malle notes you shouldn't look for perfection.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-9962404235175316822012-01-12T15:58:36.983+01:002012-01-12T15:58:36.983+01:00500 mods for VE?? There's hope for all of us, ...500 mods for VE?? There's hope for all of us, then.<br /><br />Thanks for the Geranium Pour Monsieur illustration, by the way; it's wonderfully apt.Persolaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192014353722036319noreply@blogger.com