“So today it’s a bit like a rugby stadium but in two weeks we will have a lawn, and then in another two weeks it will be finished.” Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud, the third-generation Grasse-born perfumer, is welcoming me at the entrance to Les Fontaines Parfumées, the home of Louis Vuitton’s new perfumery. Until a century ago, the buildings were home to a 17th-century domaine with a prominent position in the French Riviera town of Grasse, perfume’s capital city. “At least I can offer you a glass of water,” Cavallier says. “Last week we didn’t even have that.”
“今天的狀況有點像橄欖球場，兩周后，草坪就會鋪好，再過兩周，就一切OK了。”出生于格拉斯(Grasse)的第三代調香師雅克?卡瓦里埃-貝勒特呂(Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud)在路易威登(Louis Vuitton)新的香水生產地香氛之泉(FontainesParfumées)大門口迎接我時這樣說道。100年前，香氛之泉曾是始建于17世紀的酒莊，它在法國香水之都、里維埃拉(Riviera)小鎮格拉斯(Grasse)具有舉足輕重的地位?！爸辽傥椰F在能給你倒杯水喝?！笨ㄍ呃锇Ｕf，“上個星期，我們甚至連喝的水都沒有?！?/p>