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Olivier Cresp
Born in Cannes, the youngest son in a long line of wholesalers in raw ingredients for perfumery, Olivier Cresp knew from the age of seven that he wanted to be a perfume designer. This passion has led him to create, among others, Angel for Mugler in 1992, Noa for Cacharel in 1998, Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue in 2001, and, more recently, Peony (Pivoine Angel) for Mugler and Paco Rabanne Black XS.
For OsMoz, Olivier Cresp submitted to a variation on the famous Proust questionnaire...
The dominant feature of your character?
Passion.
The quality you most appreciate in other people?
Honesty above all, then friendship.
Besides yourself, who would you have liked to be?
An artist in another field, I like being creative.
Where would you like to live?
At home, near Grasse, where my roots and my family have been for generations.
The first fragrance you wore?
The fragrance my father wore, Moustache by Rochas.
Your favorite color?
Blue, it brings me luck.
Your favorite flower?
Jasmine
Your favorite smell?
Patchouli [he says, handing us a patchouli tester strip].
Your favorite of the fragrances you’ve designed?
The one I haven’t managed to sell yet!
Your favorite fragrance designed by someone else?
There are several: Guerlain’s Shalimar, Lancôme’s Trésor, Guerlain’s Après l'ondée.
The fragrance you wish you had designed?
Guerlain’s Shalimar.
Your favorite author?
Baudelaire.
Your bedside reading?
Recently, The Da Vinci Code, and aside from that I like detective novels generally.
Your favorite movie director?
Visconti.
Your cult film?
Matrix .
Your favorite drink?
Bordeaux Grands Crus, especially Saint-Estèphe and Moulis.
What you hate most of all?
Mess!
An innate gift that you would like to have?
The power to heal.
Your motto?
Be passionate!
Spiritual or materialistic?
More spiritual than materialistic...
A few of Olivier Cresp's creations
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Black XS |
Light Blue |
Noa |
L'Eau par Kenzo |
Angel |