Are an artist’s materials more important than the hand guiding the brush?
In perfumery, much has been said over the decades about quality (and expense) of raw materials – tuberose, orris, oud, and the like – but the artists behind these creations still don’t receive half the recognition of their fine art equivalents. Imagine a gallery where plaques detailed pigments, binders, and varnishes were praised without mention of artists.
Perhaps as the result of decades of perfume advertising, we forget that the mastery of a perfumer is what makes a fragrance special.
Would you prefer the creation of a toddler with a thousand-dollar paint collection, or a Picasso done with a burnt matchstick?
