Edmond Roudnitska

Edmond Roudnitska (* 1905, † 1996) was a French master perfumer and author. He was known by famous perfumes such as Diorissimo and Eau Sauvage by Dior or Femme by Rochas. Many of his inventions are still in production. His son is the perfumer Michel Roudnitska.

Life and work

In 1926 he began his training in the fragrance customer in Grasse ( France). From the mid- 1930s, he then worked for several years at de Laire, a then internationally known manufacturer of fragrance raw materials in Issy les Moulineaux. In 1942 he met his future wife, Thérèse Delvaux know, a brilliant young chemical engineer who worked in the pharmaceutical department in the same company.

In 1943 he met the couturier Marcel Rochas know who asked him to develop a perfume for him. The perfume Femme was Roudnitskas ticket to the world of haute couture. In 1946 he founded with his wife in the Paris suburb Bécon -les- Bruyeres his lab Art et parfum for the development of perfumes. In 1949 he moved his laboratory after Cibris near Grasse, where he worked until his death.

In particular, his fragrances for Christian Dior founded Roudnitskas reputation as one of the greatest perfumers of the twentieth century. The milestone Diorissimo, a work based on the scent of lily of the valley perfume, presented a particular stage of development in the field of perfumery dar. Unlike rose or jasmine, the scent of lily of the valley does not in fact be extracted from the flower. Roudnitska circumvented this problem by developing an almost perfect reconstruction of this fragrance.

Fragrance creations

Parfums Christian Dior

  • Diorama (1948 )
  • Eau Fraiche (1955 )
  • Diorissimo (1956 )
  • Eau Sauvage (1966 )
  • Diorella (1972 )
  • Dior Dior (1976 )

Perfumes Elizabeth Arden

  • It's You (1939 )
  • On Dit (1952 )

Hermès Parfums

  • Eau d' Hermès (1951 )
  • Grande Eau d' Hermès (1987 )

Parfums Rochas

  • Femme (1944 )
  • Mousseline (1946 )
  • Mouche (1947 )
  • Moustache (1949 )
  • La Rose ( 1949)

Various

  • Le Parfum de Thérèse. Originally developed in the early 1950s for his wife Thérèse. Current owner of the trademark is Frederic Malle, manufactures the perfume under this name since 2000.
  • Ocean Rain Mario Valentino ®. Männerdurft for Mario Valentino (1990). This was Roudnitskas last creation.

Bibliography

  • Edmond Rudnitska. Le Parfum. Collection: Que sais - je?. Presses Universitaires de France - PUF, Paris, 1980 ( 5th edition 2000), ISBN 978-2-13-046057-2
  • Odile Moréno, Rene Bourdon, Edmond Roudnitska ( André Chastel: Preface ): L' Intimité du Parfum. Olivier Perrin, Paris 1974, ISBN 978-2-85053-001-2.
  • Edmond Rudnitska: Former les Hommes, Mythe ou Réalité? . Olivier Perrin, Paris 1975. ASIN B0014MHB8W
  • L' Esthetique s Question: Introduction à une Esthetique de l' odorat. Presses Universitaires de France - PUF, Paris.
  • Une Vie au service du Parfum ( essays since 1938). Thérèse Vian, Paris, 1991, ISBN 2-908883-01-5.
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