Jean Claude Ellena, the house nose at Hermès, is in Sydney, Australia to help launch the Terre d'Hermes fragrance. And no, he doesn't wear it himself:
He does not splash on cologne, his armpits are a deodorant-free zone and he steers clear of perfumed soaps.
"It is to protect myself," he said. "When I smell odours around me I'm starting to say, well, this contains that and that, so I am starting to work, but I want to concentrate only on creating my own perfumes so I try to avoid smell."
Read the rest in The Australian (link no longer working, sorry!)
