Surf City
April, 2008
THE FRAGRANCES CREATED by Frederic Malle are the aromatic equivalent of a three-star meal. You could say Malle, the grandson of legendary Dior perfume co-founder Serge Heftler-Louiche and nephew of filmmaker Louis Malle, was born with good taste, but consulting on fragrances for Hermes and Christian Lacroix honed it. In 2000 the Parisian struck out on his own, and the world has smelled better ever since. This spring, along with a new fragrance, Bois d'Orage ($190 for 100 milliliters), he offers...
