Chanel Parfumeur
I AM A CRAFT
Parfumeur.
The parfumeur's craft cannot be learned from books.
It is a sense of smell based on a memory and a knowledge.
It is a freedom to develop an infinite palette of ingredients, the way a painter chooses his colours.
It is a meticulous shaping, a precise dosage, a rigorous transformation that is created on instinct, until the raw essence becomes a CHANEL essence.
THE INSPIRATION
“I like the idea that fragrance, so immaterial and impalpable, comes from something concrete, real and very artisanal like the earth, the flowers, the harvest.”
— Olivier Polge, CHANEL In-House Perfumer Creator
THE TRANSFORMATION
The nose of CHANEL meticulously assembles different facets of ingredients to create olfactory impressions. Through abstraction and the transfiguration of nature, he composes a unique fragrance.
THE CREATION
Olivier Polge traces the essential lines of the fragrance. He then retouches the lines, specifies the composition and applies the colours…until the moment the image appears and becomes a CHANEL fragrance.
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