![]() ![]() Dana Schmitt, a young American, is just coming to the end of her eight-month trial period and will soon be smell-tested on the 500 ingredients students have to memorize. Later that day I am having lunch with the students at Givaudan perfume school, class of 2016: the lucky handful who have been chosen from the hundreds of hopefuls. “My gut feeling.I am not a scientist but predicting the smell of a molecule by its vibration inspires me. Luca is a fan of hers and it looks like the feeling is mutual. “Oh, Luca – he’s such an intelligent and charming man,” Calice said, smiling. ![]() ![]() Her desk is covered with dozens of modifications of her latest work and surrounded by shelves decorated with rows of giant factices of some of her most famous wins: J’adore Dior, Beyond Paradise, Lola, ByKilian Collection. We’re sitting in Calice Becker’s office on Avenue Kléber. ![]()
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