Discover how Jean Kerléo, Myriam Compiani, Gérard Anthony and Jérôme Di Marino chose Perfumery as their vocation. If for some, it is a natural vocation that comes as a natural conclusion to their studies, for others, it is a story of opportunities, serendipity or relationships that link their lives to perfume. This is the case […]
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur continue the fight against COVID-19 via anosmia!
An exclusive research tool, the olfactometer, allows the Pasteur Institute and the Lariboisière Hospital to further their research in the fight against COVID-19! The COVID-19 virus, present in our lives for more than a year, has often mutated and this is one of the reasons why it is harder for researchers to fight against it. […]
Exclusive : the Per Fumum Endowment Fund gives the floor to the Osmothèque
The Osmothèque, a unique place that preserves the olfactory heritage of perfumery, is modernizing! Can you describe the project in a few words concretely? The Osmothèque (from the Greek “osmè” = smell and “thèkè” = storage), is the first and only perfume conservatory in the world. It was inaugurated in 1990 with the aim of […]
Edmond Roudnitska described by those who knew him
Through different testimonies, discover the portrait of Edmond Roudnitska, cult figure of the Perfumery today disappeared… Edmond Roudnitska, although no longer with us, remains one of the icons of the perfume industry. He was the official perfumer of the house Christian Dior and was responsible for famous perfumes such as Eau Sauvage, Diorissimo, Moustache, Femme […]
Women in Perfumery
Through the testimonies of Françoise Caron from Grasse, Akiko Kamei from Japan, the inimitable Jean Amic and the first evaluator, Elizabeth Mathieu Madeleine, discover the place of women in perfumery. If for a man like Jean Amic, whose father was already in the perfume business, the filiation was almost natural, for a woman, even with […]
New study co-authored by Institut Pasteur elucidates mechanisms of COVID-19-related anosmia
Professor Lledo, head of the Perception & Memory Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, reports on the discovery of the mechanisms of short and long term anosmia linked to Covid-19 Exclusively COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as we know, is primarily a respiratory disease but many patients have extra-respiratory symptoms. Among these, a […]
Héritage(s) : the assets to become a good perfumer
The success of a Perfumer relies on blending several assets and ingredients to achieve a subtle balance : discover which ones ! Exclusively If there is one thing that the Heritage(s) interviews agree on, it is that the success of a Perfumer relies on blending several assets and ingredients to achieve a subtle balance. When […]
The Per Fumum Endowment Fund gives the floor to David RICHARD, author and director of the Héritage(s) interviews
The Per Fumum Endowment Fund gives the floor to David RICHARD, author and director of the Héritage(s) interviews. David Richard, author and director of the filmed interviews of the personalities surrounding the Great History of Perfumery, tells us about Heritage(s).
The Per Fumum Endowment Fund gives the floor to Erwan Poivet, Doctor from the Institut Pasteur
Interview of Erwan POIVET, member of the Perception & Memory Unit of the Institut Pasteur. Erwan Poivet, Organism Biology Doctor, joined at the beginning of October, thanks to the patronage of the Per Fumum Endowment Fund, the Perception and Memory Unit of the Institut Pasteur headed by the Professor Lledo. This team works in particular on neurological damages linked to the virus responsible for Covid-19, and in particular at the level of the olfactory cortex.
The Per Fumum Endowment Fund committed to the constitution of an intangible perfume-related heritage
Exclusive to the Perfumum Endowment Fund: The Heritage(s) Project.
Like a “time capsule” for future generations created to enrich the body of knowledge on the history of perfumery, Heritage aims to establish an intangible, human and living memory of those who created fragrances, or contributed to their existence or development.