A year inside the perfume industry in paris and new york by chandler burr. Exclusive interview with olivier polge creator of bsp award. Discover why in this savoir flair exclusive with perfumer. Since 1978 the inhouse perfumer for chanel has been jacques polge. The perfect scent npr coverage of the perfect scent. He studied art history before taking training courses at charabot and acm. In order to support this selection, virginie interviewed chanel. In 1979, jacques polge became chanels third perfume designer. A new generation of women, determined to take power and move the. Jacques polge is a french perfumer, best known for his role as head perfumer at les parfums chanel from 1978 to 2015. As recent guests of chanel in paris, we had the opportunity. It belonged to the woman everyone at chanel refers to. Raised in grasse, the son of famed chanel inhouse perfumer jacques polge, olivier polge managed to step out from his fathers shadow via an impressive. Olivier polges fragrance project would terrify most perfumers.
Paris jacques polge is the chanel perfumer, and he knows the apartment at 31, rue cambon, well. You can watch the episode above or by clicking here persolaise if youve enjoyed this post, please consider. Yes, the iris flower is beautiful, says christopher sheldrake, perfumer and. Olivier polge on the chanel gabrielle savoir flair. Polge has the nearimpossible task of protecting chanels legacy perfumes and yet come up with new scents that speak to changing trends. Polge to succeed his father, jacques polge, the man behind hits like coco mademoiselle, chance and allure. One might think that creation was a question of sex or gender, and that a female nose wasnt worth a male nose. What is really important for our fragrances is that they are abstract fragrances. Chanels new fragrance is as subversive as coco herself. Members area members area log in faqs bsp book contact us. In 20, chanel announced that polge would retire, and would be succeeded by his son. Olivier polge won the 2009 international fragrance prize prix international du parfum. According to the chanel website, this 2007 version is jacques polge s reinterpretation of the original of 1929.
Jacques polge, exclusive composer of fragrances for chanel, known in insider. He has been the house perfumer at chanel since 1978. Jacques polge wanted to create something original and different, sheldrake says. Parfumo knows 84 perfumes created by jacques polge. Meet olivier polge, chanels new fragrance creator the new. For a long time, the profession of perfume designer was the preserve of men. Living under a rock chanel perfume scented oils vintage perfume oscar wilde coco chanel objects universe france. Jacques polge grew up near avignon, france, where he says he was inspired as a child by the scent of air in the surroundings of grasse, which was redolent with the scent of jasmine. The story of the new chanel gabrielle perfume goes further back than youd think. As the evenings are getting colder, the prospect of staying in becomes much more attractive, especially when one can look forward to curling up under a blanket with a great book and a steaming cup of tea. Coco mademoiselle, allure, chance and the les exclusifs series. Chanel nose jacques polge is a french perfumer who works as the head of parfums chanel starting in 1978 to the present.
They were born to create jeanpaul guerlain, jacques polge, jean claude ellena. Olivier polge is a native of grasse, and the son of perfumer jacques polge. Jacques polge creator of some of the most seductive and alluring. So many prejudices that have been shattered in recent years. Regular readers will now i included the scent in my rundown for autumn 2019, which was another reason to devote a video to it. The perfume brands is a perfume revew blog, all world best popular men women perfumes name a complete list of this blog get the best selection of quality perfume.