47. A 'Perfect' Perfume is Boring (w/ Master Perfumer Alberto Morillas)
Perfume Room
Emma Vernon
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Today, world-renowned, award-winning Master Perfumer Alberto Morillas is in the Perfume Room! Alberto is the visionary (and nose) behind blockbuster fragrances you know and love like Estee Lauder Pleasures, Gucci Bloom, CK One, Versace Bright Crystal, Kenzo Flower, Lancome Miracle, Thierry Mugler Cologne, Marc Jacobs Daisy and Armani Acqua Di Gio… and there are hundreds more where that came from! In this episode, we talk mostly about his own personal pride and joy-- his candle and fine fragrance parfum d’excellence: Mizensir. We discuss how and where he sources inspiration, his creative process, what it’s like being in business with his family, his muses, the art and science of perfumery, and of course, Mizensir's newest launches: Vert Empire and Ambre Magique.
FRAGS MENTIONED:
Mizensir: Luxury, Vert Empire, Très Chère, Little Bianca, Ambre Magique; Kismet Olfactive: Tuberose Tantra, Nymphea, Wedding in Oaxaca, Nostalgia, Studio Scent; Mizensir Verveine Menthe, Mizensir White Rose, Cartier Must II Cartier, Rochas Byzance, Courrèges FH 77, Mizensir Ambre Magique, Estee Lauder pleasures, CK One, Marc Jacobs Daisy
FOLLOW ALBERTO: @morillas.alberto
FOLLOW MIZENSIR: @mizensirparfums
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the perfume room. |
| 0:13.0 | My scent of the day today is luxury by Mison Seer and luxury it is, and it's supposed |
| 0:18.0 | to be evocative of smells of vintage and classic makeup, |
| 0:22.7 | of someone sitting at their vanity, looking into the mirror. That is my genre. Of course I |
| 0:28.0 | smelled this. Love it for sniff. Let me just compare it to some other fragrances that I feel like |
| 0:34.0 | are kind of in this genre, like Montalis so intense or molecule one plus iris. |
| 0:39.2 | Here's where this one is different to me. |
| 0:41.4 | It is also, as well as being sort of powdery, like compact makeup-like, sort of irisy. |
| 0:48.2 | It is citrusy. |
| 0:49.5 | The burgomat in this is very strong, very prominent, and it kind of feels like makeup in the spring. It's got an |
| 0:55.6 | effervescent quality to it, and it's crisp and fresh while still retaining that sort of cozy, |
| 1:00.6 | sheer makeup feel. It feels very nostalgic to me. It feels like I'm smelling my mother or my |
| 1:06.3 | grandmother's compacts, but in a very modern, wearable, daytime fresh way. And I love it. And it's a |
| 1:14.9 | very natural segue to who today's guest is. Because today, world-renowned award-winning |
| 1:21.9 | master perfumer Alberto Marias is in the perfume room. Please take a second to take this in. Okay, did you take a second? |
| 1:31.7 | Same. I did as well. It is absolutely colossal. Alberto Marillas is one of the most successful, |
| 1:37.7 | prolific, brilliant master perfumers of all time. And in fact, if you listen to this podcast, |
| 1:43.2 | I would venture to say that it is |
| 1:45.4 | impossible that you haven't worn at least one of his creations at some point in your |
| 1:50.4 | lifetime. And if you are lucky, you have worn many. And to show you what I mean, let me rattle off |
| 1:56.5 | just a few. Alberto Marius is the creator of CK1, Mark Jacobs Daisy, Versace Bright Crystal, Gucci Bloom, Carolina Herrera 212. |
| 2:07.4 | Have I got you guys yet? |
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