[Internet en parle] Rencontre entre Marian Bendeth et Sylvie Jourdet

"A scenic road trip outside the city limits deposits me at the doorstep of Creassence owned by Sylvie Jourdet. She is also the master perfumer, president (of French Perfumers' Society) and professor at ISIPCA Perfumery school in Versailles. Greeting me with an engaging smile, you can see the passion in her face as we walk into her laboratory. I am the only one not dressed in a pristine white lab coat. Looking around at the hundreds of beakers of essentiall oils, synthetics and works-in- progress, I want to smell as many as humanly possible. Jourdet shows me classification tabs and matching single oils . As we sniff everything from original Oriental blends of heady frankincense to the greenest of grassy notes, I am transported to settings, cities, feelings and moods.
Amongst her many clients are Histoires des Parfums, a fragrance house whose blends reflect certain dates in history. I spray 1804 with delicate notes of lilac and lily of the valley surrounded by the roundness of apricot and the depth of spices and musk. Created for the persona of George Sand and her romantic past, it must have been a challenge for Jourdet."
Pour le lire (Articles, 25 July 2006): http://www.basenotes.net/articles/scentimentalfrance.html