In a society where speed is everything, perfumes are judged in a couple of seconds, as if at a glance. The hastiness of these assessments upsets me: a perfume can only truly tell its story when it is smelled and worn. (查看原文)
... when he started out in cartoons, he loaded his pictures with detail, but as he grows older he is more and more inclined to use a clear line, which implies a perfectly distilled drawing, luminous, sharply distinguished colours and a spare linear narrative. (查看原文)
It was the chemistry of perfume that allowed the artisans of perfumery, towards the end of the nineteenth century, to becaome artists by freeing themeselves from the constraints of nature. (查看原文)
Movement is defined by the form a perfume takes and its longevity. So a more baroque perfume is all about complexity, power and performance. Its complexity follows its evolution, enhancing each new phase. Perfumes like this are seen as elaborate, structured, rich, full and perhaps overbearing. Conversely, a cologne-type structure favours simplicity, vigour and lightness of touch - although not all colognes are simple; the rapid succession of notes within them makes us think they don't say on the skin for long. (查看原文)
