“Frederic Malle is much more directive. But he doesn’t tell you what to do. I would sit with him and he would give ideas. Sometimes I agreed with his ideas, sometimes I didn’t. We experimented a lot, we tried a million things. The work was more… how can I say?… checked by Frederic, than in the case of Dunhill. Both types of processes are interesting. The process of Frederic Malle is very exacting and very thorough… and a true process.”
To read my interview with perfumer Carlos Benaïm – in which he discusses Ralph Lauren Polo, Eternity For Men, Eau De Magnolia, Dunhill’s new Icon and the way his style has changed over the years – please click on this link to Basenotes.
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