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

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Source : Jean-Claude Ellena (2011). “Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent”, p.49, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Jean-Claude Ellena

#Memories Quotes #Odor Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I need my products to work and be fast! I don't love having 50 different things in my bathroom, like a different cream for every inch of my face. That's so not me.”
“Wherever you find real love, you will also find humility. Remember something: humility is not a weak and timid quality. Too often we feel that humility is a sign of weakness. This is not so. It is the sign of strength and security.”
“What I don't like is talking points.”
“In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.”
“Pass the bill to find out what's in it”
“The family is the American fascism.”

Source : "Family Fever" by Jeff Riggenbach, reason.com. June/July 1984.
“I feel the madness creeping slowly. Loved by many I'm still lonely.”

Source : "Song: 'The Westerner' ('The Drug in Me Is You')". 2011.
“It's good to take a longer view and think, what would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?”

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