Les Parfums D'iris

Chopin and Debussy were two seekers of the absolute who, in their art distilled to the quintessence, succeeded in erasing all traces of their workmanship and their supreme compositional technique. The connections between them are as numerous as they are subtle, never obvious, yet so very profound. The achievement of Javier Perianes here is to have teased out the artistic thread linking two geniuses who soar high above their respective centuries.

Designed as a personal anthology of twentieth-century French music, Sounds and Fragrances is the new recording by pianist Janina Fialkowska. This affectionate journey in her musical memory evokes a vibrant portrait of Paris during the youth of Mrs. Fialkowska, while "Poulenc and Tailleferre were still very alive and the souls of Ravel, Debussy and Fauré were still ubiquitous".

Sourceur pour une entreprise mondiale de création de fragrances et d'arômes, l'auteur évoque cette industrie et l'imaginaire autour des parfums. De la recherche des matières premières à travers le monde aux réflexions sur la valeur des essences rares, il livre sa vision de ce secteur du luxe et illustre son propos de nombreuses anecdotes. …