136. Perfume Room LIVE (w/ Givaudan VP Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux!)

Perfume Room

Emma Vernon

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.9 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

*canon episode alert* Back in March, I sat down with legendary Givaudan VP Perfumer (and incredible storyteller!), Rodrigo-Flores Roux, to record a very special live-audience episode. This week, enjoy a condensed version of that conversation!

Rodrigo shares his earliest scent memories and wins (the latter will shock (& delight) you), where he sources inspiration, the *Rodrigo flair* you might feel across all his creations, his most beloved vintages, and so many fun insider stories you simply. cannot. miss.

FRAGS MENTIONED:

Arquiste L’Or de Louis, Schiaparelli Shocking, Caron: Narcisse Noir, Nuit de Noel, Guerlain Shalimar, Lanvin Arpège, Dior Poison, YSL: Paris, Opium; Mugler Angel, Houbigant Fougère Royale, El Perro Agradecido shampoo, CK Eternity for Men, Clinique Happy, CK: One, B, Estée Lauder Pleasures for Men, Clinique Aromatics Elixir, Grès Cabotine, Kenzo Parfum d’Ete, Mugler Angel, Serge Lutens Feminité du Bois, JPG Le Male, Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl, Arquiste Peau, Le Galion: Bourrasque, Sortilege, L’Astre; Guerlain L’Heure Bleue, Jean Desprez Bal à Versailles, Dior Diorissimo, EAUSOVERT Fruto Oscuro, Marc Jacobs Daisy, Elizabeth Arden Green Tea: Coconut Breeze, Bamboo, Yuzu, Cucumber

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the perfume room. Today you are in for such a special treat. If you recall back in March for the perfume room, three-year anniversary live show, I had the distinct
0:22.3	privilege of interviewing esteemed Givodon VP of perfumery, Rodrigo Flores Rue.
0:28.1	A perfumer for over 30 years, Rodrigo has created hundreds upon hundreds of perfumes, including
0:34.1	everything from blockbusters like Clinny Cappy to modern revivals of classics
0:38.6	like Ubigant Fugier Royale, to entire designer collections like John Varvedos, the Tom Brown
0:44.2	Vettiver collection, the Dolce and Gabana Velvet collection, and of course many Tom Fords.
0:48.7	And he is a perfumer who is as decorated as he is celebrated, having also won multiple Fifi
0:53.9	awards, including 2022
0:55.6	perfume extraordinaire for his creation of Tom Ford's Benfoumet and Indy of the Year,
1:01.2	not once but twice, first in 2021 for Misfit, and then this year in 2024 for Lorde-Dlui,
1:07.6	both from Arquist. What you are going to hear today is the interview from The Live Show.
1:13.5	It was a lively but intimate conversation, and Rodrigo shared stories about everything
1:17.4	from his childhood and early ascent memories to the journey of becoming a perfumer and then
1:22.7	the evolution of his career, insider stories surrounding the creation of some of his
1:27.3	most popular fragrances,
1:29.0	his love of vintage and the ones he holds most dear, the Rodrigo's signature, a flare that you
1:33.9	will find across all of his creations, and what he hopes his legacy will be.
1:38.8	This is a conversation not to miss, and I am so happy to be able to share it with you.
1:43.3	Here is Rodrigo Flores Rue. How are you? I'm very good, very happy, very excited, and very wet, because this day has been terrible. I know. Thank you, everybody, for braving the rain. It is one of the worst days, but now we're all inside. We're dry, and we are with the perfumer of a lifetime. So Rodrigo, I always start
2:03.2	the podcast with the following question, which is, what fragrance are you currently wearing?
2:08.9	Currently wearing, yes, I am wearing a fragrance. I am wearing Lord de Louis from Arquist.
2:15.4	Okay. It's the brand's latest.
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