The great talent of global artistic perfumery will be the protagonist of a retrospective at the Stazione Leopolda, and an unmissable conversation with the curator Chandler Burr, in which he will tell us his very personal journey in the world of fragrances.
Ralf Schwieger, one of the preeminent perfumers working today, is the Special Guest of this years edition for Fragranze (Florence, 17-19 September 2021). Fragranze’s artistic director Chandler Burr has curated a major new exhibition, Ralf Schwieger: A Retrospective – the show exhibits Schwieger’s most important career works from 1999 to today in a fully experiential installation in the Stazione Leopolda exhibition (opening: Friday, 17 September at 11.00am). On the main stage’s Chandler Burr In Conversation with Ralf Schwieger (Friday, 17 September, 4.00pm, Conference Room) the artist will guide the audience through his creative processes and raw materials, all of which will be distributed during the conversation to audience members for simultaneous participation.
Born in Germany and now based in Manhattan, NYC, Ralf Schwieger lived a childhood of exploration and discovery; forests and their unusual scents were the first input to create fragrances with an unexpected personality. He describes the attitude to olfactory creation as a game divided in two parts: the first linked to the intellectual or conceptual sphere; the second to a deeper sensorial research. His scents, consequently, are both cerebral and intuitive.
Ralf Schwieger - since several years one of the perfumers of the French house MANE, worldwide leader of the fragrance and flavour industry - is above all famous for having signed the wonderful Lipstick Rose for Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle. Among his most important creations there are: Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine, Autograph Rosie, David Yurman Summer Essence, Hermès Eau des Merveilles, Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs Men, Naomi Campbell Naomi Campbell, Thierry Mugler Womanity, Yves Saint Laurent Baby Doll.
Born in Germany and now based in Manhattan, NYC, Ralf Schwieger lived a childhood of exploration and discovery; forests and their unusual scents were the first input to create fragrances with an unexpected personality. He describes the attitude to olfactory creation as a game divided in two parts: the first linked to the intellectual or conceptual sphere; the second to a deeper sensorial research. His scents, consequently, are both cerebral and intuitive.
Ralf Schwieger - since several years one of the perfumers of the French house MANE, worldwide leader of the fragrance and flavour industry - is above all famous for having signed the wonderful Lipstick Rose for Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle. Among his most important creations there are: Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine, Autograph Rosie, David Yurman Summer Essence, Hermès Eau des Merveilles, Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs Men, Naomi Campbell Naomi Campbell, Thierry Mugler Womanity, Yves Saint Laurent Baby Doll.
