A quote about fragance and other memorable things
Posted by ungraspiness Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:50:00 GMT
“Perfuming is most unlike manufacture. And perfumers should be proud to assume our historic roles as enchanters, soul feeders, sacred pimps, and alchemists. ‘Marketing people’ are fine enough when it comes to peddling wares but let us remember always that it is the perfumer, the flowermaster, the guardian of the Blue Hour, who can charm the birds and the bees in the human spirit—and destroy its dinosaurs.” Scattered applause. Shocked murmurs. Nervous Laughter. Then, the white-on-white whirr of blank tape.
The end of Bunny’s speech at the Eighth International Congress of Aromatics from ‘Jitterbug Perfume’ by Tom Robbins.