In antiquity, perfumes impregnated everything. In a few years we may witness the same frenzy. There is therefore no occasion for anxiety in connection with the perfumery industry as such or for worrying over the future of the "odour merchants". However, perfume itself is threatened; it is more than threatened, it is attacked. Thus, instead of asking whether perfumery is still an art, it would be better to give it every chance of showing that it can still be one. — Edmound Roudnitska, Where are we going?, S.P.C. Yearbook 1969
I was briefly distracted today by the impending release of quite a few English writings of Edmound Roudnitska from the 60's. Anya McCoy will be publishing them in PDF format here at her Web site, but is just now under way with the scans. These will likely prove invaluable; I myself have said many times how I wish I would have stuck with my French in college simply in order to read vintage perfumery texts. And I can imagine many more Nose Words installments to come.
Yet again, blogging has come to a standstill over here while I am in pre-holiday frenzy mode. I have been busy busy busy between retail, wholesale, show prep, and moving! My studio is now in a new location (in my apartment) and still somewhat in disarray. But I'm still getting as much done as I possibly can. I have a lot of stuff to post, but sadly, it will have to wait. *sigh* More soon!
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