I don't think a day of sensory overload will come soon in my life.
Perfume and food co-exist in two ways: the sense of smell and the sense of taste are linked. We talk about Proust Madeleine for the olfactory sense but the gustatory memory is as important, like the memory of music. I think all the senses are linked and with food and perfume, you can touch all. I add aromas in my perfumes because I am a cook and an epicurean.
To me a perfume is not romantic. Sometimes, it can become romantic, depending on the way a person wears it and why she is wearing a particular perfume at a particular moment. With my creations, I am telling stories but the person who is perfumed with my fragrance can rewrite her own story.
The way people read perfumes and scents is very intimate; a perfume that can be rich in temperament for someone doesn't mean anything for another. There is a lot of reminiscence in the love of scents.
I think that perfume is the only free art. Aside from marketing diktats, everyone is free to make their own choices.
To pay attention to scents is a state of mind, your spirit is always aware of the smell - bad or good. You have a library of smells in your head and it's very rich. It gives a new vision of the world around you.
With my perfumes, I hope I have created a state of mind, imagination, creation, day dreaming and mystery.
A perfume is not a matter of perfection because a perfume can always evolve, it's always more perfectible. Like an oil painting which can be painted over several years to end up as a picture, it's the same with a perfume.
The perfumed state of mind has no limits.

By Mala Kay, Freelancer, Friday

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