tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post6846287536063157680..comments2024-03-28T10:30:51.283+01:00Comments on Grain de musc: Serge Lutens: "The desire never left me" (Exclusive interview)carmencanada /Grain de Muschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-40790365116809932212011-04-08T03:30:20.829+02:002011-04-08T03:30:20.829+02:00what is with the French and their passion for Bic ...what is with the French and their passion for Bic multi-colored pens!-jenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-24561906180055773132010-09-29T23:51:02.655+02:002010-09-29T23:51:02.655+02:00I imagined they were written, but I could see how ...I imagined they were written, but I could see how he was answering with the emphases of his choice. He sounds wonderful. I look forward to your book whenever it launches! XXXQwendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283489032029545283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-7663811162904780532010-09-29T18:30:21.381+02:002010-09-29T18:30:21.381+02:00Wendy, these are actually written answers: that...Wendy, these are actually written answers: that's how Mr Lutens usually works with interviewers. In conversation, he speaks thoughtfully but not like a book! Beautiful warm speaking voice...<br />The book won't be out for a little while. There's a launch date set already but it's too early to talk about it.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-66205706389345613822010-09-29T18:23:30.955+02:002010-09-29T18:23:30.955+02:00D, (Sorry for all those "reallys" in my ...D, (Sorry for all those "reallys" in my previous post)! <br /><br />He does seem very much in control of the conversation (and of his life one can't help but wonder?), but does it in an effortless and charming way, with interesting responses and thought process. Of course he has been thinking about these things for a very long time, but I think he's rather a genius, or else completely visionary, no? If anyone is up to the task of communicating with him, you are, brava! I don't mean to rush you, but when is the book coming out???Qwendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283489032029545283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-40096170960962120732010-09-29T08:44:29.553+02:002010-09-29T08:44:29.553+02:00Wendy, thanks. Since then I have met Mr Lutens in ...Wendy, thanks. Since then I have met Mr Lutens in person for the book. Our conversation was much looser and more of a chat... He is utterly charming, and not easily led into talking about what he doesn't feel like talking about! I was toast.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-25798931938802370112010-09-29T00:23:49.976+02:002010-09-29T00:23:49.976+02:00I totally missed this -- so glad to have found it ...I totally missed this -- so glad to have found it today, escaping the 100 degree heat on my laptop at the Library!<br /><br />Your wonderful questions, really speaking to him and they way he thinks combined with your fearlessness and incisiveness, really make for a great read, and the translation really melds the differences between French and English language and cultural points of view, genius!<br /><br />I really feel like I actually met him through you today, and I love him! You too of course! <br /><br />PS: I can't wait to sniff Boxeuses!Qwendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283489032029545283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-65741911682834651732010-08-04T13:37:03.885+02:002010-08-04T13:37:03.885+02:00Lucy, it was only his pictures I met as a girl... ...Lucy, it was only his pictures I met as a girl... But the one time I met him last year, I found him a very charismatic, incredibly graceful man. A faun... of the slightly diabolic kind!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-270245893984258652010-08-04T13:33:53.970+02:002010-08-04T13:33:53.970+02:00He looks like such a shy faun. You were so fortun...He looks like such a shy faun. You were so fortunate as a young girl...indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-65332704970037645222010-08-02T23:09:00.069+02:002010-08-02T23:09:00.069+02:00LeaTS/Emm... you are a flower, gone with the seaso...LeaTS/Emm... you are a flower, gone with the season, where did you go so quickly? Revenu! <br />9999monkeehttp://yadda yaddanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-13855336296599378242010-06-04T20:51:23.457+02:002010-06-04T20:51:23.457+02:00Thank *you* Shelley. Of course, I give credit to M...Thank *you* Shelley. Of course, I give credit to Mr Lutens for the care he brings to writing his answers.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-38670603120871026752010-06-04T19:38:39.333+02:002010-06-04T19:38:39.333+02:00Authentic, inspiring, and humorous. Like tasting ...Authentic, inspiring, and humorous. Like tasting the ambrosia of the gods. One of the most enjoyable interviews i've read. Thank you for this exquisite journey.Shelley Waddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921078274608639574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-45599519285207977482010-06-03T14:51:02.908+02:002010-06-03T14:51:02.908+02:00Thanks, Silvia, it's sweet of you to say...Thanks, Silvia, it's sweet of you to say...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-19220233651099295262010-06-03T14:44:39.781+02:002010-06-03T14:44:39.781+02:00Am late to the party, but what a great, GREAT inte...Am late to the party, but what a great, GREAT interview. Far from being pretentiously complicated, his answers ring very true and yet the enchantment of his mystery remains. Wow. Thank you.Silvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-87509641838875175042010-06-03T12:11:41.879+02:002010-06-03T12:11:41.879+02:00Columbine, thanks for the precision. Here is a pic...Columbine, thanks for the precision. Here is a picture of a Moroccan fibula similar to the ones that Serge Lutens puts up on his walls:<br />http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1981.5.2carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-51918752422745829492010-06-03T12:10:39.711+02:002010-06-03T12:10:39.711+02:00Galamb Borong, it doesn't necessarily. That...Galamb Borong, it doesn't necessarily. That's the way he talks in interviews.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-37691870872794020072010-06-03T10:50:36.139+02:002010-06-03T10:50:36.139+02:00in French "fibule" is the name of the br...in French "fibule" is the name of the brooch and "fibula" the name of the bone (used to be called péroné but it's become obsolete). both have the same latin root "fibula"columbinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-48232740081869075712010-06-03T10:22:21.309+02:002010-06-03T10:22:21.309+02:00Mr. Lutens is by far the most interesting if opaqu...Mr. Lutens is by far the most interesting if opaque personality in modern fragrance. If I didn't know otherwise, I'd suspect he was a literary creation rather than a living person, the fanciful alter-ego of some reclusive French writer. I find it hard to connect the personality I've seen in interviews to most of his fragrances, aside from the tongue-in-cheek names of a few. <br /><br /> I'm sure it all makes more sense in French. As for now, he remains something of a mystery to me, more incense smoke and poetry than man...Sugandarajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09062165425090675638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-75110676781600295852010-06-03T09:43:17.338+02:002010-06-03T09:43:17.338+02:00Angela, I just commented about the Frenchness but ...Angela, I just commented about the Frenchness but there is also a bit of Oriental philosophy at play here too, isn't there?carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-59954903839256694692010-06-03T09:42:00.400+02:002010-06-03T09:42:00.400+02:00Nozknoz, thank you. The Frenchness I think is also...Nozknoz, thank you. The Frenchness I think is also in the "philosophie", in the 18th century sense of the word.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-57047470514103141812010-06-03T09:40:28.314+02:002010-06-03T09:40:28.314+02:00Robin, hopefully this is so. The French of course ...Robin, hopefully this is so. The French of course gives the fuller flavor, but from the comments here, I get the impression that the English conveys much of it as well.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-25964831578462046212010-06-03T05:07:35.673+02:002010-06-03T05:07:35.673+02:00Well now we know what happened to Confucius!
Tha...Well now we know what happened to Confucius! <br /><br />Thanks for the thought-provoking interview.Angelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-83144558563803715992010-06-03T03:41:45.928+02:002010-06-03T03:41:45.928+02:00Many thanks to both you and Monsieur Lutens for th...Many thanks to both you and Monsieur Lutens for this interview, which I will reread and think about for some time. I appreciate the beauty of both the questions and the answers. ~~nozknozAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-51440129828434791102010-06-03T01:38:17.485+02:002010-06-03T01:38:17.485+02:00This is some beautiful and extraordinary alchemy, ...This is some beautiful and extraordinary alchemy, D, where the two of you create something larger than words between your intelligent and sensitive questions and his playful, authentic and meaningful answers. There is clearly mutual respect here, and I think that must be the magic ingredient.<br /><br />I only wish I knew French so I could read it with all the original subtleties and word-plays intact, but you are on such intimate terms with both languages that the poetry managed to shine though. I don't think anyone could have done the man better justice.Robin R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-32288787487586254442010-06-02T20:25:03.569+02:002010-06-02T20:25:03.569+02:00Rose, it seems Mr. Lutens is upset as well.Rose, it seems Mr. Lutens is upset as well.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-84037588851245222892010-06-02T20:24:40.505+02:002010-06-02T20:24:40.505+02:00Nicola, because it's you, you'll smell Box...Nicola, because it's you, you'll smell Boxeuses when I'm in London, I'm bringing some for the course...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.com