Perfumer Sebastien Plan recently opened Abstraction, an atelier for an exclusive series of scents by that name, which are matured in a cellar, inspired by winemaking traditions.
Like many a fragrance story in France, his begins in Grasse, where Plan and four fledgling perfumers became friends. They went on to pursue careers at various suppliers — Alexander Lee at Mane, Alexandra Carlin at Symrise, and Amelie Jacquin and Mylène Alran at Givaudan — but remained close through the years., Plan invited his friends for dinner and asked if each would create a fragrance duo.
The result was 10 creations, a series of five eau de parfum duos with evocative names, such as Our Own Backyard, Accidental Maybe, Here We Belong, Mirror-Mirror and Plan’s own Slow Burn Desire. He has a unique fragrance-making process, buying ingredients directly from suppliers, including Robertet, Firmenich and Symrise, then blending the scents by hand in his atelier. Some of the juices are kept for this year’s mix, and he ages the rest.
“The links between all the raw materials move over time. Some characteristics pop out after a while, and then the year after that they recede and another facet will bloom,” Plan explained. “It’s just like wine.” Altogether, only 1,000 bottles of each fragrance will be made each year. Plan chose for Abstraction’s flacons an antique bottle literally taken off a shelf while touring French glassmaker Waltersperger’s archives.“I really liked the idea of giving a new life to this bottle, even though I have absolutely no idea of the brand or perfume that it was used for,” said Plan.
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