INTERVIEW - Nez of Abu Dhabi

“It was obvious”: this is how Mylène Alran sees her job as perfumer. ”Every morning, I know that I’m going to explore and call on my senses. That’s what I choose to do”. Her creative work is guided by instinct and intuition, by the observation of ingredients, by the senses. Her taste for fashion is a fertile source of inspiration, for “the way textures, light or fabric dress the body”. In the composition of a fragrance, she seeks to achieve the same enveloping effect. Nothing could be more obvious than entrusting her with the creation of Abu Dhabi, whose flacon pays homage to Al-Sadu, a traditional Emirati weaving, and whose notes are worn on the skin like a fabric... Mylène Arlan