{"id":70,"date":"2012-09-20T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/jean-claude-ellena-and-louis-xiv\/"},"modified":"2024-10-27T12:57:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T12:57:51","slug":"jean-claude-ellena-and-louis-xiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/jean-claude-ellena-and-louis-xiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Claude Ellena and Louis XIV"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m linking here to a fascinating interview with Jean-Claude Ellena: one of my heroes of the perfumery world. \u00a0I don’t quite share his minimalist ethic, though I’m in awe of much of his work. \u00a0The interview is two pages long and well worth the read.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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The interview was conducted for and appeared in\u00a0<\/span>German in issue 37\/2012 (September 10, 2012) of DER SPIEGEL.<\/b>
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SPIEGEL:\u00a0<\/b>But what distinguishes a good perfume from a bad one? The quality of the basic ingredients?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ellena:\u00a0<\/b>Not necessarily. Sometimes I achieve a better result with ingredients of mediocre quality rather than with exquisite ones.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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\nYou can read the full text of the article in English on Spiegel Online International<\/a>. \u00a0If you’re wondering where Louis XIV fits in, you’ll need to read the article . . .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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