I owe my career and much more to one man, the great Pierre Bourdon. There is a funny story about how we  began our relationship.  Pierre and my father met in an airport, they had already met before at some dinners, but my dad had no idea what kind of a humongous star Pierre was. So after they met at the airport, my father gave me his contact card telling me “I met this guy, he does something in perfumes, and maybe it’s interesting for you”. When I saw the name on the card, I jumped to the ceiling, and after I had stopped bouncing off the walls, I called him. We had lots of meetings, phone calls, discussions, dinners, during which I never had the courage to ask him all I wanted to know. I was too shy and believed I didn’t have the necessary background, as I graduated from a business school, not from ISIPCA. But it finally came from him; he told me before his retirement he wanted to train two young perfumers. He had already chose Julie Masse, and then chose me too. I was so surprised and shocked I was unable to answer, and don’t even remember the end of our discussion. I think I replied with the most stupid sentence: “I will think about it”! I didn’t sleep a single minute and called 50 times the next day between 9h00 and 10h00 until someone picked up the phone; I told him it was a dream come true and  for the rest of my life I would be loyal and grateful to him.

Thanks to the amazing  generosity of Naomi Goodsir Parfums we have a WORLDWIDE draw  (their first, so many thanks) for a registered reader  (you must register to be eligible) of your choice of Bois d’Ascèse Cuir Velours or Iris Cendre. The random winner of the draw is Frankie who chose Iris Cendre. Please email michelyn at cafleurebon dawt com with Naomi Goodsir Iris Cendre by 10:30 Am EST as your subject and your complete mailing details by 1/28/2016. This is a deadline and no exceptions can be made if you are late. Please use your comment from your entry so we know it is you.

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