In the world of niche perfume, it's not uncommon to find artists who aim to shock or surprise. What is much, much rarer is to find an artist who aims to raise the bar on beauty and elegance to an almost impossibly high standard. One of those artists is DelRae Roth.
Maria Candida Gentile creates scents that use a high ratio of natural materials and essences but are classic in every way: sophisticated, complex, elegant, evolving. We spoke with her about her art and her life near the sea in Liguria, Italy.
In Part II of our conversation with artisan perfumer Ineke Rühland, she discusses the birth of her popular lilac scent After My Own Heart, her thoughts on classic versus modern perfumery, her favorite notes to work with, and how her independence leads to a different kind of product than big companies tend to produce.
Ineke Rühland, author of After My Own Heart (Olfactif May 2013), is a Dutch-Canadian artisan perfumer living and working in San Francisco by way of France. Got that? It's only a sampling of the fascinating path that led Ineke to where she is today.
The May 2013 collection weaves a number of themes into a rich story that could be told only now.