Edmond Roudnitska (1905–1996) was a French master perfumer and author. He is known for creating perfumes such as Dior's Eau Sauvage and Diorissimo, and

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's Femme. Many of his creations are still in production. He was the father of perfumer Michel Roudnitska. In 1926, he started his training in perfumery in

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. In 1942, he met Thérèse Delveaux, who became his wife. In 1946, he founded Art et Parfum, a private lab for creating perfumes. Diorissimo, based on

lily of the valley Lily of the valley (''Convallaria majalis'' (), sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native throughout the cool temperate No ...

, was a notable achievement in the field of perfumery. Unlike

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or jasmine, the smell of lily of the valley cannot be extracted from essential oil of the flower. Roudnitska circumvented the problem by using aroma chemicals like

hydroxycitronellal Hydroxycitronellal (7-hydroxy-3,7-dimethyloctanal) is an odorant used in perfumery. Its molecular formula is C10 H20 O2. It derives from a citronellal. 7-Hydroxy-3, 7-dimethyloctanal, also known as 3, 7-dimethyl-7-hydroxyoctan-1-al or 7-hydrox ...

For Christian Dior

* Diorama (1948) * Diorling (1951) * Eau Fraîche (1955) * Diorissimo (1956) *

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(1966) * Diorella (1972) * Dior-Dior (1976)

For Elizabeth Arden

* It's You (1939) * On Dit (1952) * Elly (1955) * Arden (1956)

For Hermès

* Eau d'

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(1951) * Grande Eau d'Hermès (1987) * Hermes Rogue (1988)

For Rochas

* Femme (1944) * Mousseline (1946) * Mouche (1947) * Moustache (1949) * La Rose (1949)

Other scents

* Le Parfum de Thérèse (early 1950s); rights acquired from Roudnitska's wife Thérèse (for whom it was originally created in the early 1950s) by Frederic Malle, produced from 2000. One of the best chypres with its water fruit accord that was considered way too avant garde and ahead of its time.Basenotes, Person:Edmond Roudnitska
/ref> * Ocean Rain Mario Valentino®, a male fragrance for Mario Valentino (1990); Roudnitska's last creation * Cristalle EDT for Chanel, with perfumer Henri Robert.

Published works

* Edmond Rudnitska. ''Le Parfum.'' Collection: Que sais-je?. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France - PUF, 1980 (5th edition 2000). * Odile Moréno, René Bourdon, Edmond Roudnitska (André Chastel, préface). ''L'Intimité du Parfum''. Paris: Olivier Perrin, 1974. * Edmond Rudnitska. ''Former les Hommes, Mythe ou Réalité?''. Paris: Olivier Perrin, 1975. ASIN B0014MHB8W * ''L'Esthétique en Question: Introduction à une Esthétique de l'Odorat''. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France - PUF. ASIN B0014MG4VM * ''Une Vie au Service du Parfum'' (essays beginning 1938 forward). Paris: Thérèse Vian, 1991.

References

External links

Edmond Roudnitska on scentertainer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roudnitska, Edmond 1905 births 1996 deaths People from Nice French perfumers French male writers Dior people History of cosmetics 20th-century French male writers