Perfume is a story in odors, sometimes a poetry of memory

- Jean-Claude Ellena

As a person, I take pleasure in receiving and sharing. As a perfumer, I like showing and convincing.... I'm quite simply following the trajectory of …

- Jean-Claude Ellena

Beautiful and minimalist, the traditional Japanese art of ikebana - arranging bouquets of cut flowers and leaves using very few elements - ideally co…

- Jean-Claude Ellena

Smell is a word, perfume is literature.

- Jean-Claude Ellena

My visitors say they noticed perfumes from different companies in my fridge, and ask what I need these for. I explain that they are mainly there as h…

- Jean-Claude Ellena

Oddly, though, lists are reassuring. We become aware of this if we scrupulously follow a recipe, which is essentially a list of ingredients and actio…

- Jean-Claude Ellena

The future does not really lie in discovering new fragrant raw materials.... In order to endure, haute perfumery is therefore condemned to inventing …

- Jean-Claude Ellena