作為新人，我才剛步入調香師的世界，但這個世界已經向我展示了其無窮而獨特得魅力： 調香師可以運用各種香料，調配出獨特的、令人如痴如醉的香氣。經過他們精湛的調香技巧，即使是各種聞起來粗造的，似乎無法融合的香味，也可以很完美的結合在一起，昇華成一團優美動人的香氣。調香師可以是一名化學家，也可以是一名藝術家，更可以是一名魔術師。
很多人都會覺得調香是一種很浪漫的職業。其實非也，浪漫的外表是建立在淵博的專業知識之上，從化學到植物學，從歷史到地理學，從文學到心理學，集百家之博，聚百家之魂。
調香師的世界離我們的生活即近又遠，近，試問我們的生活四周充滿了各種香味，這些香氣包括與我們生活息息相關的各種食材香料或花卉植物。遠，是因為調香界的原料來源分佈在世界各地，某些特有品種只生長在特定地區，就例如香料界的乳香就只生產於索馬利亞及周邊的地區。所以很多時候，對於我們這些入門者來說，只能是一邊聞著香料，一邊看著圖片聯繫記憶了，缺乏一種親身的嗅覺體驗。但所謂的近或遠，有時候是能夠自我改變的。有些人整天和花草打交道，卻對它們一無所知，有些人卻能夠深入了解。其區別就在於好奇心。好奇心能夠把我們與調香師的世界距離拉近，讓我們更了解他們的行為模式和感受大自然給予的恩賜。好奇心也是成為一名好的調香師的基本素質之ㄧ。
調香師的工作不簡單，相反還非常複雜。不過一但你沉浸其中，就會被他們這個世界的獨特魅力所吸引，享受其中無盡的樂趣。
Perfumer’s world
I entered the perfumer’s world not long age，but this world has continued showing me its tremendous and unique charm：
Perfumer, with his fantasy skill, can create a fragrance that catches all people’s noses and makes them fall in love with it. Perfumer can be a scientist, or an artist, or even a magician.
Most of people think that the job of perfumer must be very romantic and wonderful. In fact, this kind of romance is base on the keen knowledge of a large variety of fragrance ingredients and their smells. Moreover, knowledge of chemistry, botany, history, geography, psychology and even literature are crucial.
Perfumer’s world is close to our life，but also far away from ours. It is close to us because the smelling is full of our life elements，from the food to the plants and flowers. We can smell it anytime anywhere. It is also far away from us because the fragrance materials are produces from all over the world where mostly you have never been to. In order to understand them well, you should travel countries to countries to smell and touch them by yourself. Otherwise, like me at the entry level, you can only imagine the smelling through the description by others and the pictures on the internet.
Being curious can help you to shorten the distance from perfumer world and it is one of the elements to become a qualified perfumer. With the curiosity, you will open your eyes and put your nose on smoothing interesting, especially for the natural world. And them you will have your own feeling and keep in mind well.
Perfumer’s work is very complex while many people think that it is easy and casual. It needs time and rich knowledge to support them. Although it is difficult and will take a long time to learn the perfumers’ knowledge, when you touch the perfumer’s world, you will find it colorful and wonderful, and you will fall in love with it.
Enjoy the perfumer’s world more. Enjoy your life more.
From: drom PRF Trainee Eric Ye
