【The Guardian】Smell of success: How Chanel No 5 gained a sprinkling of stardust

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Smell of success: How Chanel No 5 gained a sprinkling of stardust
As the fragrance turns 100, Chanel’s perfumer-in-chief Olivier Polge describes what it takes to create and curate a clas...

CHANELの調香師Polge(子)のインタビュー記事。

In-House Perfumer Olivier Polge

父のジャック・ポルジェ(CHANEL COCOの生みの親)が最強に好きなので、どうも息子の方には厳しくなってしまうw

Nose Jacques Polge

CHANELの香水(特にNo.5)好きにはたまらん記事でした。

steward

意味 (財産· 公共物などの) 管理人 ((男女共用)custodian); 執事, 家令.

He is, after all, the fashion house’s nose, Chanel’s perfumer-in-chief: the steward of its iconic scents past, and the man charged with creating their fragrances of the future.

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helm

意味 [単数形で; the ~]指導 [指揮] する立場, 支配的地位; 船を導く [進ませる] こと

Since taking the helm in 2015, Polge has created 17 scents: Chance Eau Vive and Gabrielle Essence Eau de Parfum among them. And, there’s No 5 L’Eau: his take on Chanel No 5, the global bestseller.

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ChanelだとCOCO系のスパイシーな重めの香りが好きなので、フラワー寄りな作品が続いてるうちは縁がなさそう。

construct

意味 〈人が〉〈文· 理論· 計画など〉を組み立てる, 構成する, 構築する

Each of his formulae is sent to the laboratory just next door, where a team of four technicians will carefully construct them. There’s ylang-ylang, Rose de Mai and bergamot; citruses and at least 10 types of jasmine.

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建設!って覚えちゃってるからなー応用力つけねば。

deterioration

意味 劣化

The bottles are blue to protect them from potentially damaging sun rays, and each will quickly be returned to the temperature-controlled unit after use to stop any deterioration.

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conception

意味 [U][具体例では a (…) ~/~s] (個人· ある集団の) 理解; 考え, 概念、[U] (考え· 作品などを) 思いつくこと, 構想 (すること), 着想; [C] (具体的な) 着想, 案; 意図; 計画

“Often,” he says, “I realise my conception isn’t quite right.” It takes repeated trials and testing.

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centenary

意味 [C] 100 周年記念 (祭) (主に英)

At the heart of this operation sits Chanel No 5, the world’s most popular perfume. This year marks its centenary, in that time faces of the scent have included Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve and, more recently, actor and activist Marion Cotillard.

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