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REVUE FREDERIC MALLE

A peek into the world of Frédéric Malle

Frédéric Malle Answers a Revisited Proust Questionnaire

1. YOUR FAVORITE WORD

Freedom.

2. WHAT DISGUSTS YOU?

Bad odors.

3. YOUR FAVORITE COLOR

The sky's one.

Visual interpretation of En Passant by Marcelo Gomes

4. ANOTHER CENTURY YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED TO LIVE IN

I want to live today and tomorrow.

5. A FAULT YOU CAN'T STAND

Stinginess.

6. YOUR FAVORITE HOUR

Dawn, if I'm awake...

7. THE MAIN QUALITY YOU ARE PROUD OF?

Honestly, I'm not much proud of myself.

8. WHAT MAKES YOU MAD?

Incompetence, especially when it comes along with pretension.

9. THE PERSON WHOSE ART BLOWS YOU AWAY THE MOST

There’s not just one! Great artists of all kind and people who are the best in a very specific field. I love specialists, whether they work in the DIY section of Home Depot or they compete at the Olympic games.

10. THE QUALITY YOU PREFER FROM OTHERS

Kindness.

11. THE FAULT YOU CAN FORGIVE

Too much enthusiasm.

12. YOUR LAST DREAM

A world without email.

13. YOUR HERO OR HEROINE

Daniel Cordier.

14. A LOST DAY IS...

A day is never lost.

15. AN INVENTION YOU CAN NO LONGER LIVE WITHOUT

My Leica M.

Frédéric Malle with his Leica M

16. THE ADDICTION YOU CAN CONFESS

Dark chocolate.

Dark chocolate from artisan chocolatier, Chocolats Cazenave

17. YOUR MOTTO

Doing things thoroughly.

18. YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER

The gardenia.

19. IF THERE WERE ONLY ONE PERFUME

Only one perfume, what a horror! It would be like living in a world without colors.

20. THE LAST WORD

See you tomorrow.