Iris: The Scent of Sisyphus

Watch Ensar Oud and Sheikh Ehab get personal about artistic struggle, £70,000 / kg aromatics, Monet, and Van Gogh.

You rarely hear about the struggles of a perfumer. The costs involved, the years of experience required, the dedication; trial after trail till you get closer to the scent you're out to create. This video takes a deeper look.

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TRANSCRIPT (Partial)
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Ensar: It smells like the perfume.
Ehab: Yeah, I can smell it now from the top like you said.
Ensar: Yes, the top note is pure iris. It's like the scent of the iris rhizome, not the petals because iris flowers actually smell slightly distinct and they're not quite a root. But what we're interested in is the root of the iris flower because that is what we use in perfumery is the rhizomes of the iris.
Ehab: Yeah I heard that. I read a little bit about that and they were saying that actually many people think that iris doesn't have any smell at all-they were saying.
Ensar: Yeah, it almost has no smell at all. If you go up close to the flower it's almost like…it just looks nice but the smell is actually in the roots.
Ehab: Oh, I see.
Ensar: And the flowers that do have a smell, they smell almost like jasminish, more so than…
Ehab: That's what they were saying, yeah. It's like plummy. Some people were saying that.
Ensar: The fruitiness of Jasmine Sambac, for example. Yes.
Ehab: Yes, I see. Because they said it was different from the fragrance of iris like the oil. It's different than the flower itself.

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