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Francis Kurkdjian
You’ve created a huge number of
aromas for well-known brands in
your 20 years in the business. Is it
hard not to repeat yourself?
I of course try tomake sure the
aromas differ fromone another,
but for the most part it depends on
the brands themselves, the fashion
houses, which helpme a lot in this
regard with their individual history
and traditions. I’m very lucky to
work with Jean Paul Gaultier, Dior,
Narciso Rodriguez and Elie Saab,
since these brands have their own
unique style.
How do you create your aromas?
For me, perfume is first and
foremost an emotion expressed
with a hidden tongue. For exam-
ple, the aroma For Her by Narciso
Rodriguez came out of a tactile
sensation. Narciso came to us with
a small piece of old Duchess satin
and said, “I want my perfume to
smile like this cloth feels.” I had
to imagine what this smell would
be if people wore it. Then I mixed
ingredients and attempted to cre-
ate the emotion that we felt from
touching that fabric. And in the
case of the For Her aroma it was a
very abstract emotion: a feeling of
comfort, thick yet at the same time
silky, warming, smooth and soft.
— Continued on page 68
Mark Garber
A lot has been written about Cali-
fornia; a lot of people have been
there and have fully admired views
of the Golden Gate Bridge (even
though the “Red Gate Bridge”
would make more sense, since
they haven’t stopped painting it
ochre) and “The Rock,” the omi-
nous prison of Alcatraz, known
for both its famous inmates and its
cinematic history.
As a matter of fact, since it’s cheap
to film at home, California is
disproportionately represented in
Hollywood productions, which,
incidentally, helps the state as a
whole. It is Hollywood (or rather
the legends about it) and the giant
sign on the hill that embody Los
Angeles. In reality, this cinematic
image has no more relationship to
the city than a movie hero does to
the actor who is portraying him.
Meanwhile, the wonderful city of
San Diego in the southernmost
part of the state has remained
off the beaten track due to the
secrecy that surrounded it during
the Cold War, since the Miramar
air and naval base is located there.
Incidentally, Vladimir Pozner and
I happened to visit that base two
decades ago for a reception organ-
ized by the Forbes family as part of
the Republican Party Convention,
where we were guests.
— Continued on page 70
Harrison Ford
Years ago, whenHarrison Ford first
drove over Wyoming’s Teton Pass –
8,249-feet high – and spied Jackson
Hole, a broad valley framed by
the majestic, snow-capped Grand
Tetonmountains with the Snake
River weaving through town, he
was awed. “I had grown up with this
vision of paradise inmy mind. And
there it was, right in front of me,”
he marvels. “The official name of
the town is Jackson – for David
Jackson, the fur-trapper and one
of the first settlers - but we all call it
JacksonHole.” One of the Jack-
son’s unusual attractions is heli-ski-
ing in Grand Teton National Park.
“The helicopter is a wonderful
way to go up into the mountains.
There’s a local pilot named Ken
“That’s the real repository of the
history of this place,” Ford attests.
If you’re hungry, try the popular
Snake River Grill. Regulars recom-
mend the crispy pork shank in red
chili sauce over roasted corn and
black bean salsa.
— Continued on page 98
Anna Sorokina and Anna
Treskunova
Your project “The School of
Superior Knowledge” has a
unique history—where did you
get the idea to create something
like this?
Anna Sorokina
: Actually, the
whole thing kind of came
together on its own. It’s just that
we ourselves wanted to study all
these things. I have two small
children, and after the “nesting”
period I got the distinct feeling
that my mind had grown soft. You
technically have an education,
but you no longer remember
where and when you got it.
Anna Treskunova
: As for me, I’m
more of a professional organizer
of these kind of enterprises. I see
that people are gravitating toward
culture, they want inspiration,
knowledge, they want to not just
go to the theatre and exhibits,
but to understand what they are
seeing. And we wanted to create
around ourselves a circle of kin-
dred spirits, friends, people who
have something to talk about.
Anna Sorokina
: That’s how we
got the idea to start our educa-
tional project, which opened this
October. Our venue hosts master
classes and lecture courses in the
humanities. Classes take place in
a cosy mansion with a fireplace
on Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street.
— Continued on page 110
Johnson, who flies for a company
calledHawkins and Powers. He’s a
fine, fine pilot,” Ford attests. The
National Elk Refuge was created by
the government to feed elk because
the town was built in their migra-
tion path. Thousands of elk con-
gregate in the early spring and fall.
EachMay, the Boy Scots and the
U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service hold
elk antler auction. Some people
believe the antlers holdmedicinal
power and are an aphrodisiac,
which is generally what they’re sold
for in the Orient. The posh Jackson
Lake Lodge is the best known
hotel but there are others, like
the Amagani and the Wort. Jenny
Lake Lodge has cabins, along with
its main building. For a bed-and-
breakfast, try the Davy Jackson Inn.
Start exploring in the town square,
which is framed by four arches
made from elk horns. There’s the
Million Dollar Cowboy Bar with its
impressive collection of authentic
spurs and other Western artifacts.
In contrast, there’s Davies-Reid,
which imports treasures fromother
remote mountain regions – like Ti-
bet, Afghanistan and Nepal. Don’t
miss the JacksonHole Museum.
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