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Rodrigo Flores-Roux is the child of "a Joy and an Aramis marriage." This is his way of explaining how he was destined from birth to become a perfumer. In the argot of the
fragrance business, this 36-year-old New Yorker is what's known as a "nose," a
behind-the-scenes alchemist who spends months in the lab crafting the next great scent. If you have ever worn Donna Karan's Black Cashmere or been nuzzled by a man redolent of John Varvatos's new date-nut-laced fragrance, you have inhaled his handiwork.
While most of us live our lives consumed by appearances, Flores-Roux is consumed by smells-both good and bad. He moves through the world with a ...