{"id":13244,"date":"2015-02-11T13:45:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T17:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?page_id=13244"},"modified":"2016-05-21T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T19:08:34","slug":"olivier-polge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/olivier-polge\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivier Polge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"centeredbox\">\n<div class=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OLIVIER_POLGE.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"OLIVIER POLGE\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"photos\">photo by <b>Hajime Watanabe<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"with500_normal\">Few ingredients, a certain instinct and just as much discipline: he makes perfume with a minimum of sophistication and juggles with paradox.&nbsp; A somewhat abstract approach that could almost be qualified as craftsmanship.&nbsp; Olivier is totally aware of the apparent contradiction.&nbsp; \u201cI find certain oriental or woody themes more inspiring than others, but I can also really get into a project using a single raw material or a simple note if it really appeals to me.\u201d&nbsp; Not that easy to approach, Olivier is not one of those people who will let you get away with just anything.&nbsp; Perfume still remains for Olivier something that is primarily created in the mind more than anything else.&nbsp; \u201cI can&#8217;t imagine it as a continuation of nature but more of a sophisticated version.\u201d&nbsp; And when you ask him to associate perfume to a place, he replies: \u201cThe city\u201d without the slightest hesitation.&nbsp; A poet who keeps his distance and a connoisseur in the art of simple expression, Olivier is also an expert in the art of paradox.&nbsp; A rich and complex profile both and already possessed of a certain charisma, Olivier still has plenty of resources.<\/p>\n<p>Olivier Polge became the new Chanel nose in 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"with500_italic\">(Olivier Polge is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/a-lab-on-fire-l-anonyme-ou-op-1475-a\/\" title=\"A Lab on Fire L'Anonyme ou OP-1475-A\">A Lab on Fire L&#8217;Anonyme ou OP-1475-A <\/a>.)<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/contact\/?refresh=true\"><small>Have a Question?<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo by Hajime Watanabe Few ingredients, a certain instinct and just as much discipline: he makes perfume with a minimum of sophistication and juggles with paradox.&nbsp; A somewhat abstract approach that could almost be qualified as craftsmanship.&nbsp; Olivier is totally aware of the apparent contradiction.&nbsp; \u201cI find certain oriental or woody themes more inspiring than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Olivier Polge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Perfumer Olivier Polge\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/olivier-polge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olivier Polge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Perfumer Olivier Polge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/olivier-polge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WHAT WE DO IS SECRET\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-21T19:08:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OLIVIER_POLGE.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/olivier-polge\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/olivier-polge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Olivier Polge\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/olivier-polge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/olivier-polge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/OLIVIER_POLGE.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-11T17:45:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-21T19:08:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Perfumer Olivier Polge\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/olivier-polge\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/olivier-polge\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/olivier-polge\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/OLIVIER_POLGE.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/OLIVIER_POLGE.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/olivier-polge\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Olivier Polge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\\\/madebyblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"WHAT WE DO IS SECRET\",\"description\":\"What is explained is consumed. 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