Jean-Claude Ellena Books

• A micro-encyclopedia for those who want to know the perfumer's work and learn about the perfume industry from the inside, but have no guide on where to start.

Perfume creation is an exclusive and secretive endeavour. What is day to day life like for a perfume-maker? How does the creation of a new scent begin? How do you capture the essence of a smell on the skin? For one year, Jean-Claude Ellena kept a diary of his life as 'parfumeur exclusif' ('le nez' or 'the nose') for Herms̈. Believing that creating a scent is like creating a work of art, and describing himself as a writer using 'olfactory colours', he explains how all of the five senses come into play when creating a perfume: 'the painter learns to see, the pianist learns to listen, I learned to smell.' He also reveals how inspiration can come from a market stall, a landscape, or even the movement of calligraphy, and concludes this charming, perceptive diary with recipes for natural fragrances, each made up of three synthetic ingredients, to create the illusion of smells like freesia, orange blossom, grapefruit, pear, chocolate, cashew and cotton candy. This is the story behind the creation of scent. The quest to capture what is most elusive. With this diary, Jean-Claude Ellena offer readers a rare insight into the secrets of his business, his art, and his life as one of the world's most important and admired perfumers. Social History

A cartography of fragrance that charts the botany and geography of perfume composition. For perfume makers, each smell carries with it a multitude of associations and impressions that must be carefully analyzed and understood before the sum of all its parts emerges. All perfumers have their own idiosyncratic methods, drawn from their individual olfactory experiences, for classifying fragrances. In Atlas of Perfumed Botany, virtuoso perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena leads readers on a poetic, geographic, and botanical journey of perfume discovery. Ellena offers a varied and fascinating cartography of fragrances, tracing historical connections and cultural exchanges. Full-page entries on plants ranging from bergamot to lavender are accompanied by detailed and vivid full-color botanical illustrations.

Der Chefparfümeur von Hermès führt in diesem informativen und amüsant zu lesenden Buch durch die glamouröse Welt der Düfte. Der Meister selbst öffnet uns die Tür, um uns einen Blick hinter die Kulissen werfen zu lassen. Seit wann kreiert man Parfum? Wie und wann etablierte sich eine ganze Duft-Industrie? Welche Duftnoten gibt es? Wie unterscheiden sich synthetische und natürliche Aromen? Wie und wo werden die Grundstoffe erzeugt und was kosten sie? Wie sieht das Handwerk des Parfümeurs aus, woran orientiert er sich? Was inspiriert ihn, worauf kommt es bei einem großen Parfum an? Bei all diesen anregend präsentierten Informationen kommen auch die kleinen Anekdoten aus dem Berufsalltag des großen Stars der Welt des Parfums nicht zu kurz. Ein Buch zum Verschenken, das man gerne selbst behalten möchte.