Touching story from Napa (!) about a visually impaired girl who went to L'Occitane founder's special Provence Perfume school.
"In a four-day course, they were taught the secrets of perfume-making, a process that is less about seeing than smelling, feeling and imagining.... In Provence, the teenagers were taught how to extract oils from flowers, and they heard from a master perfumer -- or "nose," as they are known in the business. Kate Green, vice president of marketing for fine fragrance for Givaudan, a Swiss fragrance company, said there are about 350 such noses in the world. Most have been handpicked for their olfactory abilities and train for years at exclusive schools, she said."
Emma chose geranium, lavender and tea tree oil, with a bit of honeysuckle and vanilla. Does it for me...
The four-day course sounds like a fun experience in the perfume making process.
Posted by: George | July 30, 2007 at 12:25 PM