After yesterday’s somewhat heavy post that I wrote in my head during hours of cycling, and after having thought about many more posts on issues and facts that we MUST write about such as the big distributing companies, even if folks don’t want to read it and if everybody pretends differently, here we have a lighter post today. Let us talk about interfaces, border areas, areas where things happen.
See the picture of today, taking in the Camarque, where you have a [partly man-mad] transitions from sea water to land to sweet water to land. Ecologically, these border areas are highly relevant because they provide a lot of niches for a lot of different animals and plants. Such as flamingos in Europe. Or salt loving, highly adapted plants. In biology, it is borders and interfaces where the most new species develop in evolution, where things happen, where species adapt to constantly changing, rough conditions and where you end up with new features, such as salt tolerance.
This interface phenomenon is a pet theory of mine. It is at the interfaces where things happen. Let’s watch out for these interfaces for a moment in perfumery. Like the interface where clients and companies actually meet, with the internet interface being relatively new. Or the interface where micro brands and larger brands suddenly stand in the same shelf, such as in the Scentbar, or internet pages where all natural perfumes and perfumers and Dior suddenly touch.
Web pages existing since a few years only enable this new interface. I am curious to see what new and adapted perfume species will evolve ultimately from this new interface.
And now, before we all go into our well deserved weekend: I got the stickers that go onto the flacons for the new scents that I present in September at Piti Fragranze (10-12 September): Une rose vermeille and Eau d’épices. Thus, expect a few post next week with a draw.
In the mean time: Enjoy your weekend!
Ahhh the internet
I love how the niche and established houses can intermingle on the internet and both flourish side by side.
A very thought-provoking post, Andy!
And “yay!” for the new stickers! That means I’m even closer to getting some longed-for Eau d’epices! (and Rose Vermeille for that matter!).
I hope you’re enjoying a bright and sunny weekend.
Oh, yes! Devon… every day brings us closer to the two new kids in town. Yesterday, I made 400 eau d’épices samples and a lot ,lot, lot of bottles got the sticker glued onto them…..
Hi Andy, glad the bottling/labeling for the new kids in town is going well. I’m as excited as Devon. And wow, the sky in that photo is so blue and gorgeous! Hope you are having a nice week-end!
Hello Andy, I really loved this post about the interfaces, and reading half-way through it just put a big smile on my face. I almost can imagine a new species of flamingo feathered in shades of green and orange populating the shores of lake Zurich and stretching down along the Limmat river. Thanks for being around, and stimulating my fantasy through such posts and of course through your fragrances.
This interface would mean the IFRA would have to back down and undo the damage they have caused – by striking down many of their restrictions – I.E. eat Crow. Or, Better, save the dear feathered friend, and make them wear their restrictions` results of fruitchouli and candysyrup scents for the next decade!! No niche or restored classics for them!!! :-0
Tom Petty`s “Running Down a Dream“ for the topic and your photo!!! 
lovely scenary ! beautiful photo~ i just read this post , havent read the older ones but i smiled to read this one, borderless for all the perfumes, good!
Good morning, Hotlanta Linda: See today’s post….
Good morning to you, Stephan, when I see one of these flamingos in orange and green on the shores of lake Zurich, I will let you know. These days, however, they might simply be washed away in Zurich….
Good morning Jen, actually, the sky WAS blue all the time and this is an interface, I forgot about…
Good morning SAE,
borderless thanks to interfaces…hmmm….