Anya McCoy, founder of Anya’s Garden, is sharing a series of articles written by Edmond Roudnitska 40 years ago. The perfumer, is well respected in the industry for creations such as Eau Sauvage and Madam Rochas. Anya McCoy writes:
Many English-only-speaking perfumers have commented on various internet forums that they are frustrated by the fact that they cannot read the written works of famed French perfumer Edmond Roudnitska. His books, L’Intimit du Parfum and L’Esthtique en Question and L’Esthtique du Parfum, when they are available, are only in French. An essay in English was published in the 1974 book Perfume by William I. Kaufman, and that is where I first became acquainted with his writing, and I have reread that essay many, many times over the years.A chapter from Perfumes: Art, Science and Technology edited by Lamparsky and Muller is available via Google books but I was very frustrated at only able to see a portion of a page at a time, so I gave up trying to read it. Reading off a screen really strains my eyes.So I wrote to Edmond’s son, Michel, a renowned perfumer in his own right, asking if he knew of any English language articles by his father, having heard of some Dragco Reports, and he promptly offered me what Dragco reports and other published works he had on hand. Michel has an interview with his father that appeared in English in the National Geographic in 1995 on his site Art et Parfum that is quite wonderful to read.
Further information about the articles and the articles themselves can be found at the post: Treasures to share – English Language works by Edmond Roudnitska on Anya’s Blog.
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