Frédéric Malle introduced Editions de Parfums in 2000, a completely novel concept whereby the world’s greatest noses composed exclusive, creative fragrances to be sold under their names.
In an era in which most companies value intensely marketed brand names, Malle draws attention back to the product itself: namely perfume. Through a simple “back to basics” approach, Editions de Parfums is challenging all prevailing trends.
The blend of Frédéric Malle’s ideals with the distinct personalities of each perfumer, and the total freedom provided by Editions de Parfums, has created a brand with no definite house style. Its singularity comes from its striking heterogeneity, whereby each nose has expressed and unleashed his or her creative instinct to the fullest.
Superbe l’interview, mais j’ai l’impression que l’animatrice ne laisse pas Anne Filippo parler, d’ailleurs elle ne l’a même pas présenté. Au début elle a oublié de citer son nom et son prénom. Dommage, c’est une grande compositrice de Parfum.
Thank you for everything Monsieur Malle. You revolutionized perfumery and now that you’re stepping down from EDPFM , I can only wish you good luck for the future (projects)!
Exceptionnelle émission, j’aurais pu continuer à vous écouter encore et encore tant je vous trouve toute et tous intéressants. Merci de nous rendre la vie plus douce avec vos créations. Je ne me lasserai jamais d’une fleur de cassie…Merci à Isabelle Giordano de nous les avoir réunis et fait parler.
Carnal Flower was the blend that completely changed my relationship with white florals. I used to dislike tuberose and jasmine and now I love both, but Carnal Flower is still the best.
I understand the hesitation from Mr. Malle that this perfume could almost be too sublime for real life. One wonders whether one is the woman the scent projects, whether one can be… this perfume changed my nose forever, and makes me want to rise to the occasion. She dares you to meet her where she is.
Pierre Bourdon is not only one of the greatest perfumers of all time(top 2 in my book) he also seems to be a well educated highly intelligent person with integrity coming out of his ears(calls it how he sees it). Agreed with everything he said, tremendous insight! Also the revelation that he was responsible for virtually all Creed fragrances from 1980 to 2005 as a de facto in house perfumer to me solidifies him as the greatest niche perfumer of all time and along with Jacques Polge(greatest designer perfumer) the two greatest in general. I'm glad he is finally getting the recognition he deserves. He is also adorable(most perfumers seem to have very pleasant personalities/demeanors) and seems like a thoroughly interesting person to have a chat with. PS: I thoroughly agree with him regarding banned ingredients and reformulations. In the end they ruin the fragrance and for what, so that that 0.01% of the population doesn't suffer some kind of allergy. Is it not better to just continue to produce the same product, put a warning label on it AND perhaps even create an alternate version for those with sensitive skin/constitutions and allow the remaining 99.99% of the population to continue enjoying the masterpiece as it was originally created. I keep saying this, the man is a genius! Countless beloved fragrances were ruined or even discontinued because of this idiocy(most recently YSL Y, looking at you Dominique Ropion), we need more Pierre Bourdons in the industry in order to save it from self destruction.
