Laboratorio Olfattivo Bergamot

“Although citrus fruits originate from China, the bergamot is Italian. It is a pity that no one knows who created it by crossing a lemon tree with a bitter orange: that inventor could have been honored just like his colleague Clément, who invented the clementine. Italian merchants succeeded in selling bergamot on the Chinese market to flavor inferior tea, which they subsequently resold on the English market.

I am often asked if I have olfactory preferences. I have always said that I do not, in a desire to hide the manipulations I perform on scents, for the work of a perfumer is always that of an illusionist. Yes, I do have preferences, and they vary according to my needs and desires. I have fleeting loves as well as constant, enduring loves – including my love for bergamot. It was time to make this official.”

Jean-Claude Ellena