This year has been extremely generous for Christmas and I'm surrounded by 30 vintage Poiret (including the beautiful Hahna, the very strange animalic Maharadjah, the sophisticated Borgia and many other creations that have been lost), a dozen of Houbigant (including the bizarre Parfum Inconnu, in fact 3 perfumes "blended" in one and some pre 1911 Paul Parquet creations), many very old russian fragrances (3 pre 1917), but also at least 50 perfume specialties from forgotten companies , several important documents that have never been presented before and the new gorgeous Lalique perfume book
. It took me about 2 weeks to smell and analyze them and it cost me a fortune but it was such a nice present to celebrate the 5 years of 1000 Fragrances (though it was me who paid the bill for the beautiful things I wrote). I'll present very few of them, like I did with the 2 Paul Poiret that I adore, this takes a lot of time, they were very expensive for me and I do not think it is good to write about masterpieces that cannot be smelled by my readers even if I write a sketch formula of them. Also, as a friend has recently told me "too much information kills information" and I have to be careful.
. It took me about 2 weeks to smell and analyze them and it cost me a fortune but it was such a nice present to celebrate the 5 years of 1000 Fragrances (though it was me who paid the bill for the beautiful things I wrote). I'll present very few of them, like I did with the 2 Paul Poiret that I adore, this takes a lot of time, they were very expensive for me and I do not think it is good to write about masterpieces that cannot be smelled by my readers even if I write a sketch formula of them. Also, as a friend has recently told me "too much information kills information" and I have to be careful.I hope 2011 will bring me a lot of money because there are several great lost perfumes I desire but cannot afford yet and it is my duty to capture their spirit before they will evaporate for ever in the 8th heaven. I have no museum behind, no foundation, no billionaire, but at least I know what is highly valuable and import for the 8th ART in the XXth century and I know what where the true works of art, not from reading but from smelling them over the years.
I plan to organize early spring in Paris a special conference if I find the right sponsor. It is something cultural that has never been done before in the world, I'm the only person here to speak about those things and there are very few people in Paris who had ever smelled those perfumes. It's "terra incognita" but there is no hurry for that.
On the other hand, 2011 will probably bring several changes to my blog, because for the moment I do not have a better choice. I opened this blog in 2005 and I did not find an international editor for my books nor a foundation to sponsor my researches and travels and for this reason I missed several international events. In 2011 I'll have to think less about the generosity I showed in these years for a very simple reason - I cannot accept that my projects stay silent. There are too many beautiful things to be done for the 8th ART.
I wish you all Merry Christmas and plenty of fragrant discoveries in 2011. A good perfume is our daily dose of Art, one of the few things we can contemplate in silence being transported in another world and for this reason the perfumes we use should be exceptional, their choice should not be guided by advertising nor by critique. There are no trends in perfumes because beauty is eternal and universal, the are only trends in the business and they should not misguide our choice.The last addition to my collection is an obscure german perfume created before 1914 and presented in a small crystal vial protected by a golden egg. There are only several drops inside but their pure linden scent is one of the most realistic representation of the beloved summer blossoms.
I wish you all Merry Christmas and plenty of fragrant discoveries in 2011. A good perfume is our daily dose of Art, one of the few things we can contemplate in silence being transported in another world and for this reason the perfumes we use should be exceptional, their choice should not be guided by advertising nor by critique. There are no trends in perfumes because beauty is eternal and universal, the are only trends in the business and they should not misguide our choice.The last addition to my collection is an obscure german perfume created before 1914 and presented in a small crystal vial protected by a golden egg. There are only several drops inside but their pure linden scent is one of the most realistic representation of the beloved summer blossoms.
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Fragrance is the 8th Art - Octavian Coifan - Le Parfum est le 8ème Art
