To also celebrate the event, perfumer Emma Leah and Robert Luxford from Fleurage Perfume Atelier developed a series of signature ‘Milan’ scents especially for the book. Guests were also given the opportunity to play with the different notes and create their own unique scent.

Thirteen thoughts from perfumers around the globe. Each perfumer profiled at Perfume Polytechnic has been presented with the same set of thirteen questions that probe into scent memories, imagination, education, history, the creative process and philosophy. Tune in each week for a new installment to learn more about the olfactory arts and how perfumers think about smell.

A small group of perfume aficionados recently had a wonderful and immersive experience learning all about fragrance from botanical perfumer Emma Leah at her perfume atelier Fleurage.

Few items evoke a sense of French luxury and elegance more than perfume. Like all things, scents give way to trends and time. But two entrepreneurs and perfume enthusiasts in Melbourne decided it was time to take the allure of perfume back to its roots. Emma Leah (Master Perfumer) and Robert Luxford (Designer) founded Fleurage in 2008 to do just this.

We would not understand lightness if we wouldn’t have to deal with occasional density. This week we are looking at some wonderful fragrances by the Australian house Fleurage.

As for my perfume, it turned out to be absolutely perfect. It’s very me. It’s fresh and light, just the way I like it. LeGeeque’s perfume is far more complex than mine and smells wonderful as well. Each perfume comes with a small metal sheet that allows us to engrave the name of our perfumes. Mine shall be engraved “Christine“.

There’s a scene in the movie Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (an adaptation of the novel by Patrick Suskind) in which a retiring perfumer discovers a fragrance created by a young olfactory genius. The scent transports him to a lush, mystical world in his mind. Surrounded by luscious flowers, a beautiful woman leans in and kisses him on the cheek and whispers in his ear.

They are as intriguing as their extensive perfume range, their “joie de vivre” is infectious and their knowledge unsurpassable. But what really stamps an impression on you is their integrity for the customer experience.

The process is like nothing I’ve ever experienced before and left me feeling like a kid in a candy store. It was thrilling experience to browse through so many ingredients and have the opportunity to design a custom fragrance.

Emma Leah is a rarity among 
perfumers, creating fragrances 
using both ancient and modern 
techniques to create custom 
signature scents for individual 
clients. 
Passionate about the very personal 
and intriguing world of scent, Emma
 has dedicated more than 20 years
 of her life to study the art form,
 pushing the boundaries of scent—
making her one of the most skilled
 perfumers of her kind in the world.

In other words, a man wearing a fresh scent mixing with his own animal scent because…he’s Such a Boy! is so very full of sex appeal. And for a girl, being all tomboy in the country, Such a Boy! is IT. Chypre has been called sensual and abstract, which is also why I think unisex is the vibe here.

…it was one of the most beautiful spaces I’ve been to with not a single detail overlooked. They truly are people for whom scent is a passion and you can see that right down to the art deco inspired bottles and packaging. Simply beautiful.