Frédéric Malle Answers a Revisited Proust Questionnaire
Frédéric Malle evaluating ingredients at the International Fragrance and Flavors (IFF) headquarters in New York (2012)
Frédéric Malle evaluating ingredients at the International Fragrance and Flavors (IFF) headquarters in New York (2012)
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.
Illustration for Un Gardenia La Nuit by Konstantin Kakanias (2013)
Illustration for Un Gardenia La Nuit by Konstantin Kakanias (2013)
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
