Book: A Journey through Perfumes – Carlos Benaïm

"One of my greatest joys was both to recreate these scents which are inextricably linked to me, but also to pour these drops of memory into bottles, and thus transmute the intimate into the universal.»⁠Carlos Benaïm Written by Carlos in collaboration with Denyse Beaulieu, A Journey in Perfumes offers a journey through Carlos Benaïm's olfactory alphabet, shaped by chance encounters, travels, and encounters in cities such as Tangier, New York, Paris, Rio, Buenos Aires, and Amsterdam. These moments, etched in his memory, constitute an inexhaustible source of inspiration—where perfume is born. With insatiable curiosity, Carlos Benaïm retraces his journey within the IFF composition house, where he has spent his entire career. His numerous creations for brands such as Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent and Prada are emblematic in that they have captured the soul of the world in perfumes. HAS Through this work, Carlos Benaïm highlights the importance of teamwork and transmission, essential to creation, as well as the equally necessary alliance between poetry, art and science. — The author: Carlos Benaim with Denyse Beaulieu Over the course of a fifty-year, ever-active career, Carlos Benaïm has produced several international hits, including Polo (Ralph Lauren). Many were also made as a team, such as Libre (Yves Saint Laurent) and Flowerbomb (Viktor&Rolf). ⁠He is also the author of more confidential creations, such as Eau de magnolia and Music for a While, for Éditions de parfums Frédéric Malle.⁠ The story of a legendary creator who, for 50 years, has been writing the great history of perfume. Much more than a simple celebration of the author's life, this book is aimed at both perfume enthusiasts and novices eager to learn more about the world of fragrance. WITH THE COLLABORATION OF DENYSE BEAULIEU A journalist, writer, and translator, she is the author of Parfums, Une Histoire Intime (Presses de la cité, 2013) and L’Enfant vers l’art (Autrement, 1993). She has written articles on perfume in Nez, the olfactory magazine, Harper’s Bazaar France and Citizen K International, and has led the Decoding Fragrance seminars at the London College of Fashion and The Language of Perfume at Isipca. For Nez editions, she contributed to the works Sentir, sentir (2019), Parfums pour homme (2020) and Le Grand Livre du parfum (2020). Denyse Beaulieu is a journalist, writer and translator. She is the author of Parfums, une histoire intime (Presses de la cité, 2013) and L’Enfant vers l’art (Autrement, 1993). She has written articles on perfume in Nez, the olfactory magazine, Harper’s Bazaar France and Citizen K International, and has led the Decoding Fragrance seminars at the London College of Fashion and The Language of Perfume at Isipca. For Nez editions, she contributed to the works Sentir, sentir (2019), Parfums pour homme (2020) and Le Grand Livre du parfum (2020). — A collection sponsored by Jean-Claude Ellena