Interview with Guerlain perfumer Thierry Wasser on Persolaise Love At First Scent episode 229
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Episode 229 of Love At First Scent, recorded in London on Wednesday 24th November 2021.
In this episode, I interviewed Thierry Wasser, currently chief perfumer at the house of Guerlain which, as you know, has given us some of the most beautiful olfactory creations of all time, including Mitsouko, Shalimar, Apres L'Ondee, Nahema and Habit Rouge.
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[* In November 2020, I was commissioned to complete a writing project by the brand Amouage. The project may or may not have a bearing on the scents released by the brand from 2021 onwards. At the time of writing this note, my intention is to continue mentioning and reviewing all Amouage scents released up to the end of 2020, except in posts/articles where perfumes from several brands are included and presented as part of a selection/collection (eg ‘best of’ posts and lists).]
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Mr Wasser has a tough job. A lot of pressure from Guerlain fans, the history, regulations and his LVMH bosses. Lovely interview, thank you for capturing, editing and sharing it with us.
Thanks for watching, Jura.
anyone who protects mitsouko protects my heart! that scent is pure telepathy. I get goosebumps even just writing about it.
It is an extraordinary piece of work. Thanks for watching.
Love your comment! Jacques Guerlain was such an artist!
Thank you, Thierry Wasser, for all of your work!
Thanks for writing.
Could we be any more lucky that Thierry Wasser is the captain of Guerlain’s ship? What a gracious, smart, generous guy he is. Bravo to Persolaise Perfumes, more questions and a longer interview, please!!
Let’s see if we can get him back in the studio.
Persolaise, you got Thierry Wasser. Great job , superb job, salute your work 🙏🙏🙏. You are not like the regular reviewers, you are dope. Yo....way to go
Thanks very much for watching.
Thank you so much for such a thoughtful interview with M. Wasser.
It’s like listening to a beloved ROCK STAR 💫 only can be appreciated entre nous fragrance addicts. Particularly, our beloved House of Guerlain. Many thanks M Persolaise
Thanks for watching, Mona.
Very informative. Especially the IFRA “situations”. I am so curious, maybe someone can tell me if the big rose note in the Thierry Wasser creation Les Absolus d'Orient Santal Royal is natural ore synthetic? Great interview!
Thanks very much for watching.
I’ve not been on board with Guerlain for a while but you cant not love Thierry
He’s always interesting to listen to. Thanks for watching.
Great moment👌 thanks for making this happened🙏 thierry wasser he is a fine gentleman! Pls ask him to bring back derby & mouchoir de Monsieur & derby for our joy😉 Cheerio mate🥂
Many thanks for watching.
@@Persolaise my pleasure👌
Guerlain and Chanel are the only mainstream perfumers I still buy from. (Otherwise it is vintage or artisinal for me!). Thierry has performed miracles within the IFRA rules and greed of LVMH, I so wish to see what he would do with high formula budgets, freedom from excessive regulations, and time!
Thanks for watching, Lia.
Great interview! Thank you Mr P. for sharing your spectacular interviewing skills with us. Wasser seems great…honest, sweet, wise and a leader. I love this house. I wore Jicky extrait yesterday.
Thanks for watching, Lynn.
My fave part of this video is right at the end when Persy acknowledges to Mr. Wasser that he looks healthy and well… there is only one Thierry Wasser, there may have been only one person like him to have been able to transition Guerlain away from the family and into the LVMH age with the care and sense of stewardship necessary for a successful evolution. This kind of talent and technical savvy coupled with Wasser’s sublime diplomacy to navigate regulators and corporatists… it takes a lifetime to master! To know the best nose in the biz is in such good health means we may get to have Thierry Wasser with us for a long time yet… and what an important thing it is to say it, to let Wasser know we’re all rooting for him.
Thanks very much for taking the time to write this.
Your humour is just gorgeous. Mr Wasser had to repress his giggles at times.
He has a wicked sense of humour himself.
He seems such a lovely person ❤ thank you for the great interview!
Thank YOU for watching.
I bought Mitsouko EDP recentely, the new bottle with lilac logo and it is still great!
Good to know!
Fantastic interview 👍 I LOVE T. Wasser work ❤
Many thanks for watching.
The importance of art in human culture seems to be generally underestimated. The arts are widely treated as a luxury extra in society, but are not recognized as an essential element that contributes to the emotional and intellectual, and hence physiological, wellbeing of people. Why were our magnificent actors , singers, painters, perfumers etc..... not extensively shown and interviewed on national public media during the pandemic?. Would it not be the responsibility of a state to provide its population not only with food and medication for their health and well being? If we can have information on packs of tobacco about its potentially lethal (!) qualities, why is there no possibility for certain perfumes to have a warning about certain substances? How many people have died or become seriously ill because they wore perfume? In medication the side effects are tolerated because the benefit is greater than the possible damage.....to me the same is true for a perfume like Nahema. Would we not.buy a perfectly preserved vintage because IFRA has come out with new regulations? It might be me, but I don't tolerate being told that a rose absolute will harm me! And certainly not as long as our farmers are allowed to use glyphosate on our food!
The work of Jacques Guerlain deserves being declared “Heritage of Mankind“, just my humble opinion...
Thanks for this, Heinke. It’s such a complicated and contentious issue.
I am sure I don't know enough about the issue....... to me as a normal, perfume-loving person, this is how it appears
Heinke, what I meant to say is that your comment shows a grasp of many of the complexities 😊
Thank you!
Late to this conversation but with regards to your point about health warnings on fragrances the main obstacle to this happening is the fragrance industry itself. They abhor the thought, lest it cast the slightest shadow of ‘danger’ over their product in the retail presentation (i.e. warnings on packaging) and potentially harm sales. This is why IFRA exists-it’s an industry lobby group that attempts to self-regulate in the interest of ‘getting out in front’ of inconvenient toxicological realities. If I understand you, you would prefer a packaging warning that still gave you the option of buying a fragrance rather than having the house decide to not make the fragrance available at all. I’m with you, but I don’t see this ever happening.
Hello Monsieur Persolaise,
I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to ask you if you know the largest size the original 1979 Nahema extrait bottle came in. Was it 60 ml? I’m asking because people are selling 60 ml bottles as dummy factices for around $500, but then someone is selling one as actual perfume for almost $3000. I would love to have that much Nahema, but if it is, in fact, also a dummy factice, I’d be well advised to know. Thank you for your help!
Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I wish I could help, but I don't have that sort of info. Apologies!
Dear Mr. P., what a lovely, insightful, candid and funny interview! Pépère et Mémère.......how cheeky you are!
Truth be told, I have been criticizing Guerlain a lot for their reformulations, but hearing Thierry Wassers clear and honest explanations made me think again. It is great actually that the house is putting so much effort in keeping these treasures in the best possible shape, even if they are somewhat compromised.
A huge thank you to you both! Keep up your good work 👍👍
Thanks very much indeed for watching.
Thierry Wasser is a hall of fame perfumer.
Thanks for watching.
I have a big bottle of Apres L'ondee from the 50s. I use it very sporadically because I want to have it with me until the end of my days. It's just sublime.
Oh wow! Treasure every drop.
HI thankyou. great interview. Please can you mention and enlighten which perfume he was wearing during the interview ? Thank you in advance.
I’m afraid I don’t know.
Thanks very much for watching.
“Rose and rose and rose… plus rose.” Sounds about right!
Absolutely.
So many Rose perfumes and most don't smell of rose . I do love Guerlain
Pls bring him back to a live interview....
Let’s see what we can do.
Thank you mister Wasser for la petite robe noire line and not stopping l’insolence because they are my favorite perfumes❤️🙏
Thanks for watching.
L'insolence is one of my favourites as well! :)
Lovely lovely interview. It was obvious to see that you both share so much respect and love for perfume and Mr. Wassers art & craft. Great questions and very interesting to hear Mr. Wassers take on so many things… Thank you! 🙌🏻🙏🏻
Many thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for an exceptional interview. You asked the questions I had about the Guerlain classics. TW always strikes me as candid and direct in his answers, it makes him very interesting to listen to, and you both share a sense of humour too.
Many thanks for watching.
omg omg omg....i am thrilled whenever you interview superstars!!!
Me too!
Have you stopped making videos?
No, not at all. I broadcast three new ones yesterday.
Thank you so much for this video! I don't think Mr. Wasser knows the sheer amount of people who find his creations just magnificent. Even though he is missed in the main creation department (imagine what would have been the new Shalimar Iris if he had added his magic touch!) he needs to do what makes him happy and excites him and not feel strapped and anchor down by marketing. Well done Mr. Wasser!
Thanks very much for taking the time to write.
Why arent there more people getting in line hours before this event starts? This is the biggest interview Mr. P has ever had! 🍻
People have got lives outside the internet you know!! 🤣🤦🏽♂️
@@o2xb this was supposed to be in the live chat.. thats what i get for trying to be funny 🤦♂️
😂
Finally got a chance to sit down and watch this video, what a treat! I always expect people like Thierry to be more esoteric, right-brained, and abstract. Yet, they blow me away w/ their practicality and rational approach to their delicate craft. He has made his mark in the world, on the world. Thanks for a great interview, as always Dariush.
You’re absolutely right: they’re much more left-brain than we might expect.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you for that interview Dariush! The questions you asked Thierry Wasser are certainly some among those I hoped to get some answers for. Your chemistry works well with Thierry Wasser. Nice fragrant blending! ;-) I wish Nahema extrait would not have been discontinued but I understand the constraints of IFRA regulations. Still a shame that such a beauty had to vanish into oblivion. I hope some scents like Attrape-Coeur/Guet Apens will come back! And I agree that Thierry Wasser does a great job by reviving old gems from the past!
Guet Apens is currently available as Harrods Royal Extract.
Thanks very much for watching.
@@Persolaise I thought it was discontinued. Isn't there only the Royal Extract II left?
Ah, you may well be right. I wonder if it’s on the Harrods website.
An absolute treasure of a job! Thank you for this opportunity to get a glimpse of the current situation and to see the Gods having a live and relaxed human chat! ) Luvluvluv from a Russian fan of Nahema edp, Jicky, and of the victorious march of subsequent fougeres pour meres that Thierry has pioneered via Les Mon's.)
Many thanks for watching.
You are both incredible! Lots of love from Poland!
That’s so kind, thank you.
Thank you M. Persolaise for this interview and thank you M. Wasser for my Shalimar Philtre de Parfum which I'm enjoying so much this autumn and as it gets even more beautiful in colder weather, I'll stick with it for winter too 🙂
I really need to try Philtre. So many good reviews.
Thanks for watching.
Where is Persolaise?
I’m right here 😀
Love this interview. Thierry Wasser really looks like a nice guy with definitely a French sense of humour 😁 I saw him once at Guerlain boutique on Champs Elysées when the new L'Art et la matière collection was released and didn't even dare talk to him 😅
I'm sure he would have been happy if you'd said Hello.
Thanks for watching.
I love you and him! ❤
Thanks very much for watching.
My kind of rock concert 🌹
Mine too!
I forgot about the stocks of manufactured materials. Seems like shipping might be the greater concern. I love that question about resource management with Delphine. Was wondering about that myself. And I didn't know that lilial was banned! A great interview Dariush. Those statements from Thierry at the end there so key.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it - thank you.
Thank you Thierry for my most loved Habit Rouge edt. It is perfect!
Thanks for watching.
Excellent interview...many thanks, Mr. P, for your always insightful questions. Mr. Wasser is so interesting to listen to and I'm heartened by his optimism about the future of perfumery.
Thank you. And thanks for watching.
Mr.Wasser is very brilliant. Thanks for having him on your channel. Great job 👏👏👏
Thank you 🙏
WOW 😳😳😳😳😍😍😍
Thanks for watching.
Excellent. Thanks so much for this interview!!!!!
Thank YOU for watching.
Great interview. Guerlain fans, whether they know it or not, are lucky to have Thierry
Thanks for watching, Michael.
charming man
Thank you for watching.
Lovely interview, but I wont bow down yet because he didn't come up with Habit Rouge , among my favourite perfumers Bernard Chant , Guichard. Beat that
Thanks for watching.
Mr Wasser created my favourite signature scent after I gave up on my favourites from the 1980s. Not many fans, but Shalimar LÍnitial is my favourite. According to my 3 children, it reminds them of "Mom picking us up from school or going out at night" That is enough for me. I have worn Shalimar and LÍnitial for so long that I can no longer smell it on myself.
It's wonderful to have a signature scent that everyone recognises.
Many thanks for watching.
WONDERFUL conversation! I love this man’s work and you asked some really interesting questions. I just discovered your channel a few months ago watching your interview with Olivier Cresp, and I’m still flummoxed that you didn’t ask Olivier anything about Dune Pour Homme!
Subscribing now!
Thanks very much for the subscription. Perhaps I'll be able to have Olivier back soon to ask him about Dune.
Thank you i absolutely enjoyed each seconds of this video ,o was always putting back to look at it on a worthy time when I can be focus (because of the background noise ) and what a superb talk .thanks you for the answers but thank you for the very interest and pertinent questions I would have been paralysed lol ( btw you make a great journalist 👍🏼)
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
This was fantastic! Literally a mini intro of what to expect when you guys sit together at Harrods this month ❤ I really want to attend the event but don't think it'll be possible! Are you able to live stream it?
Sorry, no, I won’t be able to do a live stream.
Any summary of the most important points Thierry Wasser shares would be absolutely amazing (if that was even possible). For all of us who could not make it.
I'm enjoying this interview very much but am finding myself somewhat distracted and amused by the CC subtitles which seem to be having a bit of a time figuring out Thierry's French English! lol But seriously, Thierry is a delight and an interesting and insightful interviewee, and his suit was immaculate!
Oh dear - automatic subtitles can be dubious.
LUV ME TONKUH IMPERIALE, LUV ME BWA MEESTEREOO, LUV ME UHM IDDIOLE, SIMPLE AS
Thanks for watching.
Just picked up Salvador Dali Pour Homme. It’s a masterpiece!
Thanks for watching.
I avoid LVHM with a passion, and now have added EL to that list. Very unfortunate yes but principles are more important than any pleasure derived from a scent. I now buy perfumes solely from independent and artisanal perfumers. There are plenty of these that are as good if not better.
Thanks very much for watching.
Happy to discover your channel for qualitative, fascinating content.
That’s very kind, thank you.
Thank you for this interview! I am looking forward to the house of Guerlain relaunching the collections recently discontinued especially Les Parisianne's, Le Plus Beau Jour de Ma Vie and Les Elixirs Charnels. Guerlain is my top fragrance house! Thank you Mr. Wasser for your gorgeous, precious creations.
Let’s hope some of those ones come back. Thanks for watching.
Hello…How do we know in advance when the next UA-cam presentation(s) will take place?
I try to give as much notice as possible on my social media channels.
Thanks for watching.
Love this guy. He really becomes one of my favourite perdumers
Thanks very much indeed for watching.
You’re a truly exceptional interviewer! Can watch this kind of videos all day
That’s very kind - thank you.
Thank you so much for this precious video ❤😊 it is so unique to be able to watch an interview with Thierry Wasser or other rofessionals in parfumery word. Please make more videos like this ❤😊
Thank you, I’ll do my best.
M. Wasser is is a most gracious interviewee, a luminary. Thank you.💐
Thanks very much indeed for taking the time to write.
Eternally Greatful to you and your channel for nringing on Mr Thierry Wasser, a consummate Perfumer , artist and gentleman .
Thank you so much for watching.
This has been so full of important information about the world of perfumery today. Monsieur Wasser's life is not easy and we all are so grateful that he dedicates so much strength and effort to this beautiful art form. What has touched me most is, and I have to say I LOVE, that his heart as an artist is not being compromised by legislation (even though he is forced to stick to these regulations) and he has been so generous as to share his personal view with us!
Thanks for this, Heinke.
Thank you for the Interview ❤ Saw today the first time your Videos, will look more in my free time, love them.
That’s very kind, thank you.
Persolaise, you are my hero.
🙏 Thank you.
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful interview. What a great gift. =)
Thank YOU for watching.
Thanks a lot for this interview. I love Wasser's creations ❤️. I fall in love with Santal Pao Rosa and Iris Torrefie. Thank you!!!
Many thanks for watching.
I like how he used the word "allegedly" when talking about Methyl eugenol😆
Thanks for watching.
Excellent. Great interview with Thierry Wasser.👍
Many thanks for watching.
Great interview and a lovely man and a good guardian for Guerlain . Love your P pin and seeing you out and about so to speak . Thank you 😊
Many thanks, Angela. Yes, it’s good to be able to wear the pin again.
Persolaise congrats on snagging such a huge guest, love his work, I’m a big fan
Thanks very much for watching.
What an interesting man and what a lovely interview! Thank you Persolaise for your great work
Thanks for taking the time to write.
He gives off a slightly evil vibe 😅
Does he??
@@Persolaise yes I feel some tiny but definite scares
Love these kind of videos. Thanks so much ☺️
Thank YOU for watching.
Em uma palavra: Mestre!!! Gratidão!✨✨🌹🌹
Thanks for watching.
Very interesting but I was so dying for you to ask “What is Guerlainade and what’s in it?”
Tim, thanks for watching. This might help:
persolaise.com/2014/08/a-clearer-vision-guerlains-thierry.html
Wouldn't that be considered a trade secret? 🤔
Great interview. The truth was spoken about the extraits. Love his work.
Thanks for taking the time to write.
Well done, excellent interview.
Thank you so much.
❤
Thanks for watching.
Great interview! 👏🏽
Thank you.
👏👏👏 great job
Thank you.
Excellent!
Thank you.
Por qué no en francés?
Thanks for watching.
The greed of IFRA mob killing art... C’est la vie.
Aside from that speculation, the interview was brilliant. Congrats and thanks!
Thanks very much for watching.
Someone is missing carcinogens in perfume?
@@ccdoe2441 We eat, drink and breath carcinogens and allergens on a daily basis. In much higher amounts than in perfume. Deliberately and/or choicelessly.
Thanks for Mon Guerlain edp but Dali Pour Homme, not so much.
Thanks for watching.
A long time fan of Guerlain’s oldest classic perfumes, I am curious to understand why Nahema has changed again between the bee bottle and the new bottle? Really sad to have to hunt up older versions at a crazy price. Any chance more recent perfumes such as the Elixir Charnel collection could be brought back? Really don’t get your strategy anymore.
Thanks for these.