Contemporary French Perfumery: A Study in Six Works of Scent

About the Lecture: By the beginning of the 1900s, French perfumers at the great Paris houses of Guerlain, Coty, and Worth had definitively established the most sophisticated forms of perfumery in Europe.

A JOURNEY INTO THE ARTISTRY AND PASSION OF FRAGRANCE

About the Lecture: Fragrance as artistic expression is a long-held belief of many legendary master perfumers such as Carlos Benaïm, as well as aesthetes such as Frederic Malle, both of whom have reimagined the art of scent.

SENTEURS ET ÉMOTIONS

About the Lecture: Inspired by the “Proust effect,” the well-documented phenomenon through which scent triggers vivid recollection, Camille Goutal reflects on the aromas that have marked the emotional landscape of her life while continuing the legacy of her mother, Annick Goutal.