I read some articles that I should be put in an asylum because I'm crazy.

It's not possible that I can still compose fragrances.

So it's crazy.

So that's funny.

I love this.

I love this because it's exactly what I want. Welcome to the perfume room.

Today is part two of two of my interview with the legendary free spirit perfumer, Antoine

Lee.

Now, if you haven't had a chance to listen to last week's episode yet, which is part one,

I mean, you'll still be able to follow along with this one, but listen to that one first,

because it gives you context of why Antoine decided to pursue perfumery, how he did it,

the fragrances that most inspired him, how he's seen the industry evolve in his 30-year-long career,

basically everything leading up to where we are now.

So where exactly is that?

What is Antoine doing now that he's left corporate perfumery?

And what exactly is the Antoine Lee olfactive experience?

What excites him?

What upsets him? What is Antoine's assessment on the current

state of the corporate industry that he left behind? And of course we discuss so many of his

creations, including, quite possibly, the most seminal of them all, secretion magnifice. Here is

part two of my conversation with Antoine Lee.

Okay, so you don't call yourself an independent perfumer, but you are out of the corporate

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