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Your Favorite Contemporary Nose

Poll Results: Choose your favorite contemporary nose.

 
  • 1% (1)
    Michel Almairac
  • 2% (2)
    Pierre Bourdon
  • 1% (1)
    Christopher Brosius
  • 2% (2)
    Jacques Cavallier
  • 22% (20)
    Olivier Creed
  • 2% (2)
    Isabelle Doyen
  • 3% (3)
    Bertrand Duchaufour
  • 16% (15)
    Jean Claude Ellena
  • 0% (0)
    Anne Flipo
  • 10% (9)
    Olivia Giacobetti
  • 1% (1)
    Sophia Grojsman
  • 2% (2)
    Jean-Paul Guerlain
  • 2% (2)
    Francis Kurkdjian
  • 0% (0)
    Antoine Lie
  • 6% (6)
    Annick Menardo
  • 0% (0)
    Alberto Morillas
  • 11% (10)
    Jacques Polge
  • 1% (1)
    Dominique Ropion
  • 5% (5)
    Maurice Roucel
  • 8% (8)
    Christopher Sheldrake
90 Total Votes  
post #1 of 42
1/1/08 at 5:25pm
Thread Starter 
I'm sure I've missed some, but hey, there's only room for twenty. Some may be recently retired or deceased, but all have been active from the '80s to the present.

At this particular moment my vote goes to Olivia Giacobetti, by the way.
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Dope slap!!!

I managed to leave out Olivia Giacobetti. Anyone know if and how you can edit a poll?
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post #2 of 42
1/1/08 at 6:25pm
I voted for Mr. Roucel, Iris Silver Mist, Musc Ravageur, Lalique pour Homme, etc. He's equally at home with niche and mass and makes it smell so effortless. My write in is the same as yours, Ms. Giacobetti.
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post #3 of 42
1/1/08 at 6:26pm
My top three:

1. Olivier Creed (Baie de Geneivre, Fleurs de Bulgarie, Neroli Sauvage, Bois du Portugal, Green Irish Tweed, Silver Mountain Water, Imperial, Erolfa, Feuille Verte)

2. JC Ellena (Terre D' Hermes, au The Verte, Rose Poivree, Declaration, Bois d'Iris, Ambre Narguille, Van Cleef First)

3. Olivia Giacobetti (Dzing!, Philosykos, Tea for Two, Idole, Hiris, Costes, Essence of Galliano)
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post #4 of 42
1/1/08 at 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by Vibert View Post

At this particular moment my vote goes to Olivia Giacobetti.

Ditto
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post #5 of 42
1/1/08 at 6:47pm
I voted for God (aka JC Ellena).

Represent!!
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post #6 of 42
1/1/08 at 6:53pm
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Originally Posted by mikeperez23 View Post

I voted for God (aka JC Ellena).

Represent!!

"Watch ye mere mortals as I waggle two scent strips containing leather and benzoin notes infront of your unworthy noses and voila! The scent of the Hermes bag! Now worship me by buying my holy juice ye peasants!"
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post #7 of 42
1/1/08 at 7:26pm
Jean Claude Ellena is my favorite followed closely by Olivia Giacobetti, Christopher Sheldrake, Annick Menardo, Daphne Bugey, Mark Buxton, and Maurice Roucel.

Honorable Mention: Serena Ava Franco (Kama, Ambra Tibet, Rasa, No. 23., Madame X)
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post #8 of 42
1/1/08 at 7:35pm
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Oliver Creed. Bois du Portugal if nothing else.
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post #9 of 42
1/1/08 at 7:56pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by zztopp View Post

"Watch ye mere mortals as I waggle two scent strips containing leather and benzoin notes infront of your unworthy noses and voila! The scent of the Hermes bag! Now worship me by buying my holy juice ye peasants!"

Actually, it was Roudnitska's Eau d'Hermes that was supposed to smell like an Hermes bag.
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post #10 of 42
1/1/08 at 8:09pm
I've put Olivia Giacobetti into the poll.
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post #11 of 42
1/1/08 at 8:25pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by DustB View Post

I've put Olivia Giacobetti into the poll.

Thanks! That's well beyond the call of duty!
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post #12 of 42
1/1/08 at 8:29pm
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Originally Posted by Vibert View Post

Actually, it was Roudnitska's Eau d'Hermes that was supposed to smell like an Hermes bag.

I think he's referring to the other leather bag wannabe, JCE's Kelly Caleche.
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post #13 of 42
1/1/08 at 8:59pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Ruggles View Post

I think he's referring to the other leather bag wannabe, JCE's Kelly Caleche.

I stand corrected! Of course how many fragrances that smell like an Hermes bag can they release? Wait, I know! They can commission sixteen of the great contemporary noses to each create their own personal interpretation of the "Hermes bag" smell...oh wait, nevr mind, that's Frederic Malle.
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post #14 of 42
1/1/08 at 9:02pm
I voted JCE
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post #15 of 42
1/1/08 at 10:02pm
I voted for Bertrand Duchaufour.
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post #16 of 42
1/1/08 at 10:14pm
ALLEZ JEAN-CLAUDE ELLENA!
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post #17 of 42
1/2/08 at 4:23am
Ugh! This poll is difficult for a newbie like me without access to the BN directory to refresh my memory (and a bad one at that!).

Later: there is a nice list of noses on the NowSmellThis website.
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post #18 of 42
1/2/08 at 7:29am
Since Lorenzo Villoresi isn't on the list, I went for Olivia G.
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post #19 of 42
1/2/08 at 7:34am
I've voted for "Jacques Cavallier" and my next choice is "Alberto Morillas". Also I have a positive image of "Christopher Sheldrake", but don't remember why!
I'm heavily against "Pierre Bourdon", because he has copied joop homme (in MontBlanc Individuel) and Creed's GIT (in cool water).
Let me criticize "Jacques Polge" for one of his latest products: "Apparition" by Ungaro, which is very cheap and valueless.
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I would recommend adding the following names:
-Pierre Guillaume
-Micheal Girard
-Carlos Benaim (Who won Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Perfumers in 2004)
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post #20 of 42
1/2/08 at 8:23am
Great poll, though I'm sure the most familiar name will win.

Another vote here for Olivia Giacobetti, though I admit I'm not intimately familiar with some of the artists here. I appreciate Ellena, but he has been in a creative rut for a while, I think.

Also Maurice Roucel, if only for Musc Ravageur.

-Slim
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post #21 of 42
1/2/08 at 8:40am
I voted for Jacques Polge! His six new fragrances for Chanel are true works of art! Since Andy Tauer, Lyn Harris, Vero Kern, Patricia de Nicolai and Pierre Montale aren´t on the list my next choice would have been J.P. Guerlain or Dominique Ropion. Perhaps I would have voted for J.C. Ellena but I found "Un Brin de Reglisse" and "Kelly Caleche" a bit disappointing and the typical Ellena-minimalism-theme a bit tiresome over the years..
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post #22 of 42
1/2/08 at 8:40am
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Originally Posted by msi_21 View Post

I've voted for "Jacques Cavallier" and my next choice is "Alberto Morillas". Also I have a positive image of "Christopher Sheldrake", but don't remember why!
I'm heavily against "Pierre Bourdon", because he has copied joop homme (in MontBlanc Individuel) and Creed's GIT (in cool water).
Let me criticize "Jacques Polge" for one of his latest products: "Apparition" by Ungaro, which is very cheap and valueless.
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I would recommend adding the following names:
-Pierre Guillaume
-Micheal Girard
-Carlos Benaim (Who won Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Perfumers in 2004)

Allow me to make a small correction here. Apparition pour homme (and I believe the intense version) was NOT made by Jacques Polge(mr.Chanel), but by Olivier Polge (his son?)

Thanks very much.

Oh, and I'm not sure the Jean Paul Guerlain belongs is this poll together with all these other mortals.
The Guerlain familly set French perfume on the map as far as I'm concerned. They are "the kings that rule them al"l and a part of French perfume history.
Jean Paul Guerlain set an example for most modern Vetivers,when he was only 19 years old,for most modern vetivers made made today by perfumers , including Elena. and Habit Rouge was made 3 years before I was born.

Jean Claude Elena does a good job though and I admire him for being almost the opposite of Guerlains creations, with his minimalistic aproach. Still I believe hes slightly overrated . but he deserves it.
So, my vote goes to Guerlain and Elena.
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post #23 of 42
1/2/08 at 8:46am
Olivier Creed in the lead? What a world, what a world.
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post #24 of 42
1/2/08 at 8:50am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Tonyprince View Post

Since Lorenzo Villoresi isn't on the list, I went for Olivia G.

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Since Andy Tauer, Lyn Harris, Vero Kern, Patricia de Nicolai and Pierre Montale aren´t on the list my next choice would have been J.P. Guerlain or Dominique Ropion.


Told ya I'd manage to miss some important ones! Particularly silly of me, since I enjoy many Villoresi scents! Pierre Montale, Andy Tauer, and Patricia de Nicolai are all extremely talented of course, and all fell victim to the 20 alternative limit on polls. Perhaps an additional poll on "independent" nose-parfumeurs is in order: names like Aftel, Tauer, Moriel, Hurwitz, Franco, etc.
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post #25 of 42
1/2/08 at 10:06am
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Originally Posted by Ruggles View Post

Olivier Creed in the lead? What a world, what a world.

Well he's the only MASTER perfumer in the list .

But seriously, I think the creator of Bois du Portugal, GIT, Acier Aluminium, Royal Delight, SMW etc. pp. is a serious contender and he got my vote (Villoresi would have been another choice. I seem to like people who work outside the system).
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post #26 of 42
1/2/08 at 10:13am
I voted for Christopher Brosius because I figured not to many people would. Technically as shown with his CB I Hate Perfume line and especially the work he did at Demeter, I'd say he's a genius.


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post #27 of 42
1/2/08 at 10:18am
As a fanatic Lutensite, Christopher Sheldrake got my vote. But I fear that's only because Pierre Guillaume isn't among the choices
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post #28 of 42
1/2/08 at 10:20am
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Originally Posted by the_good_life View Post

Well he's the only MASTER perfumer in the list .

But seriously, I think the creator of Bois du Portugal, GIT, Acier Aluminium, Royal Delight, SMW etc. pp. is a serious contender and he got my vote (Villoresi would have been another choice. I seem to like people who work outside the system).

I agree, he plays by his own rules. Royal Delight is as close to perfection as it gets and SMW certainly possesses true genius. I admit, it's hard for me to think out of the Grasse box.
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post #29 of 42
1/2/08 at 11:55am
I voted for Isabelle Doyen because she's got such a pretty name and because no one has mentioned her yet.
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post #30 of 42
1/2/08 at 12:15pm
Tom Ford?
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post #31 of 42
1/2/08 at 12:45pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by atrac View Post

Tom Ford?

To the best of my knowledge not a "nose" per se, but a fashion designer/artistic director. Please correct me if I'm wrong!
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post #32 of 42
1/3/08 at 4:14am
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Originally Posted by eric View Post

Allow me to make a small correction here. Apparition pour homme (and I believe the intense version) was NOT made by Jacques Polge(mr.Chanel), but by Olivier Polge (his son?)

Thanks very much.

Thanks, their names are very similar! I confused their names, and there was a problem for me, why a great perfumer lik J.Polge made a cheap perfume for Ungaro!
LoL!
Based on a program in DW TV, which was about the process of making CHANEL NO.5, and the explanations of J.Polge in that program, I had a very good image of him. But then I confused his name with the designer of Apparition and the good image destroyed. Now I see him as a great perfumer again. But he is not in my top noses list anyway!
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post #33 of 42
1/3/08 at 5:18am
Am I the only one who misses Pierre Montale?
And 59 votes by now, but none for Francis Kurkdjian ? - It's time to change that

(Ignoring Lorenzo Villoresi and Pierre Montale - you are in good company, Vibert. Luca Turin has been guilty of that also.
But it's a brilliant idea to start and discuss perfumers' merits, congrats!)
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post #34 of 42
1/3/08 at 6:18am
Am I the only one who misses Jean Laporte? He, Villoresi and Tauer are all huge favourites of mine.

From that list, I voted for Dominique Ropion, just for creating Carnal Flower and Vetiver Extraordinaire.
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post #35 of 42
1/3/08 at 6:29am
Nice thread VIBERT! Wish I could have voted for my top ten!!!!! So hard to choose just one...
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post #36 of 42
1/3/08 at 12:18pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Johnny_Ludlow View Post

Am I the only one who misses Jean Laporte? He, Villoresi and Tauer are all huge favourites of mine.

From that list, I voted for Dominique Ropion, just for creating Carnal Flower and Vetiver Extraordinaire.

No, I assure you you're not, but I have the sense he hasn't been very directly active as a nose of late. I could be wrong.
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post #37 of 42
1/3/08 at 1:37pm
Difficult for just one, but I opted for Jean Claude Ellena over Olivier Creed.
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post #38 of 42
1/3/08 at 2:53pm
Creed with Sheldrake a close second.
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post #39 of 42
1/6/08 at 12:56am
my heros are :
1. Sophia Grojsman
2. Pierre Bourdon
3. Olivia Giacobetti
& i love Jacques Cavallier for few early creations only such as Opium ph, Poeme, NU, Kingdom, M7 & L'Eau d'Issey , while the charcater oh his recent creations have turned more on the commercial side
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post #40 of 42
1/6/08 at 1:30am
Annick Menardo... Yay for Hypnotic Poison, Lolita Lempicka and Body Kouros!
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post #41 of 42
1/6/08 at 7:52am
I wish we could vote for several of them at the same time.
but I chose Olivia G
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post #42 of 42
1/7/08 at 6:43am
Yann Vasnier
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