PORTRAIT
:
Edmond Roudnitska was more than just a creator of
fragrance. He also devoted much of his time to understanding the true sense of the words
"to create" and "Creation".
Despite being born in Nice (in 1905) in the South of France not far from Grasse, the fragrance capital of the world at that time. Roudnitska actually entered the fragrance industry lacking education in the vocation that his was later to dicover. With no background in perfume, he learned everything from scratch but was soon promoted to take charge of the physico-chemical control of a fragrance company. A year later, Roudnitska was sent to the Paris aera to take over from a top perfumer of the company where he was essentially self-taught. A fantastic career followed thanks to all his work and efforts as well as his creative genius. His entire life was a constant creation.
Through the course of his life. Roudnitska met many influential people
from the world of fashion, art and science. Among the most prominent were Marcel Rochas,
Christian Dior and Emile Hermès for whom he created his best known fragrances which are
still on sale on the international market today.
In 1946 he founded "Art et Parfum",
a private creative laboratory for perfumery first based in Courbevoie (near Paris) then
located in Cabris near Grasse, also his home, where he lived until his death in
1996.
