When I enter room n.55, I find myself in a completely white environment. The carpet on the ground is of a thick creamy color, soft and voluptuous. All the rest is milk white: the furniture was wrapped in sheets. The idea is to cancel the chromatic perception to foster a strange uniformity. Naomi Goodsir wanted to summon those nights of insomnia when the mind is immersed in a sort of white noise, where you can't grasp your thoughts properly, nor recognize your emotions; you float, immersed in a dusty mist that dulls your brain, already half asleep yet unable to fully let go. A pretty disturbing thing.In the room, the only stimulus affecting the senses is a powerful vegetal perfume: green, magnetic, primitive and gentle together. It takes a bit to understand it, but it's tuberose. Indeed, it is Naomi Goodsir's new launch: Nuit de Bakélite by Isabelle Doyen. "Naomi, after four woody, resinous, leathery scents... finally you've made a floral! And what a floral this is!""I'm happy with the result but... what a hard time! It took me more than three years to get here!"
"After four experiences with Bertrand Duchafour, who signed Iris Cendrè, Cuir Velour, Bois d'Ascese and Or du Serail, how was working with Isabelle Doyen like"""Isabelle and I knew each other since long, it was easy to work with her. She's a simple and straightforward person, like me."
"Almost four years to create a scent are many! What was the diff...