Carlos Benaïm‘s recent collaboration with Frederic Malle – the scintillating Eau De Magnolia – was seen by many critics as a modern rendition of 70s-style chypres, chiefly Edmond Roudnitska‘s Diorella (1972). But when I mentioned this interpretation during a recent interview with the perfumer, he rejected it, claiming it’s a view to which he doesn’t […]