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| Yuri Gutsatz in 1952 |
September 1945, the scars of WWI are still fresh in Parigi. At the subway Étoile Platform a man comes close to
Yuri Gutsatz: "
Don't you know me? I am Jean Carles. Are you looking for a job?". Even if you've never heard before about Yuri Gutsatz, I think this anecdote is enough to let you understand we're talking about a great guy of perfumery with an adventurous life, but above all who left us a great lesson about perfumery as an art.
After that meeting, Yuri Gutsatz will work at
Givaudan (Roure Bertrand Fils et Justin Dupont back in time) for more than thirty years and later in 1975 will enstablish
Le Jardin Retrouvé, the first independent niche perfume house right before
Jean Laporte would follow his example with
L'Artisan Parfumeur.