Misc., Scent

Here’s a quiz.

There’s another perfumer who shared the same dream of becoming a concert pianist. Is it Jacques Cavallier, Loc Dong, Thierry Wasser, Olivier Polge or Annick Menardo?

The winner of this quiz will receive AU.WOOD.029 by Laurent Le Guernec. The winner will be announced here (in the comment section) in one week.

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9 Comments

  • October 22, 2006
    socalsocool

    I’d say it’s Annick Menardo.

  • October 22, 2006
    Beatrice

    MENARDO

  • October 23, 2006
    tita

    Hmmm… I think it’s either Jacques or Thierry… can’t make up my mind !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • October 23, 2006
    Dusan

    I’d say Loc Dong. Don’t think it is Olivier as I’m sure perfumery has been his one ambition. Wish *my* father was Jacques Polge 🙂

  • October 24, 2006
    Marina

    I’d say it is Polge exactly *because* of his father 🙂 Perhaps his genes were pushing him towards perfumery while his heart was in music…aw, what a story I made up here, worthy a Hallmark movie 😀

  • October 25, 2006
    Dusan

    Marina, I read an interview with J. Polge where he said he’d tried to dissuade his son from following in his footsteps (nosesteps?), but failed as the young one was very eager to become a perfumeur.
    I also read about Loc Dong’s aspirations for medicine. There have been quite a few cases of the two going hand in hand, so I thought I’d have a go.

  • October 26, 2006
    Sacre Nobi

    Thanks everyone. The answer is Thierry Wasser. I think Tita hasn’t answered the quiz, and there’s no winner this time.

    Socalsocool and Beatrice, Annick Menardo had a passion for dance but not for playing piano.

    Tita, you should have tried to finish your answer.

    Dusan, as you mentioned, Loc Dong had pursued medicine first. Loc is very grounded in reality. He wouldn’t pursue something that lacks financial stability.

    Marina, Jacques Cavallier, Olivier Polge, they were both born to be perfumers. I like the idea of a Hallmark movie, though.

  • October 26, 2006
    Dusan

    Oh well, hope I get it right next time 😀
    Makes sense now what you said about Loc Dong…
    One more thing – didn’t Annick want to pursue psychiatry when she was younger?

  • October 27, 2006
    Sacre Nobi

    Dusan, that’s also true, too. She might have made a great psychiatrst. Those perfumers’ bios tell mostly what others can associate their perfumery styles.

    Annick has been known as one of the most difficult to work with, but among the perfumers that I have worked with she’s the most interesting person along with Sophia Grojsman (I have a sweet spot for female perfumers :-D). She is extremely intelligent and the most artistic. When I think about her it’s so unfortunate that perfumery hasn’t been a pure art form. She would have been the Matthew Barney of “contemporary art perfumery.”

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