A Good Shoe Is One That Doesn't

When I Started To Work On Perfume, I Could Not Reduce The Idea Of A Woman To One Smell.

I Was Born In Paris In The Mid-1960s, And By The Time I Was 12 I Had Started Going To The Movies By Myself. Most Of The Movies Of That Period Never Appealed To Me. I Didn't Like The 'naturalism,' The Sad Or The 'down-to-earth' Characters. What I Wanted From Film Was Fantasy, Dreams, Funny Situations, Extravagant Decor - And Beautiful Women.

I Like Adele, Mika, Natacha Atlas And A Beautiful Old Record, 'an Evening With Belafonte/mouskouri,' Starring Harry Belafonte And Nana Mouskouri. What They Have In Common Is They All Have Incredible Voices. I Am Very Much Into Voices. I Would Say I'm A Fan Of Voices, Not Of Sound. I'm A Fan Of Singers, Not Of Bands.

Nothing Needs To Be Perfect To Be Good, And No One Should Need To Feel Perfect To Feel Right

For Women Raised In The '70s, High Heels Can Still Carry A Stigma; They're Associated With Being Stupid, With Just Wanting To Please A Man. Other Women Find Them Empowering.