Portrait
Pierre Bourdon
Edmond Roudnitska's only student, Pierre Bourdon learned early on that a fragrance is created like a work of art. He left his mark on the 1980s with Cool Water for Davidoff, a men's fragrance that changed the trends of the time.
That is when he met Frédéric Malle, with whom he shares the same vision. He composed the very first fragrance of Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, Iris Poudre, then French Lover.
Career and creations
Edmond Roudnitska's only student, Pierre Bourdon learned early on that a perfume should be created as a work of art. In the 1980s, he shook up trends with Cool Water, a men's fragrance composed for Davidoff. That was when he met Frédéric Malle: they shared the same vision of the craft and became like family. When Frédéric Malle founded his Editions de Parfums, it was obvious to him that Pierre Bourdon should compose its first perfume, Iris Poudre.
For Frédéric Malle, he also composed French Lover, which the house presents as a different path from the archetypes of contemporary men's fragrance: an intuitively self-evident virility, that of a man with nothing to prove. Enhanced by capsicum and galbanum, angelica brings its aromatic, spicy notes together with the sleek elegance of orris, cedarwood and vetiver. A background of patchouli and white musk exudes an almost animal sensuality, bringing new life to the incense.
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- Houses
- DiorFrédéric Malle
- On Volute
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