Articles about Jean Claude Ellena

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BEAUTY - Conjuring paradise - The minimalist master of perfume, Jean-Claude Ellena, aims not to capture nature but to perfect it.

October 28, 2007 | By Lanie Goodman, Special to The Times

On a warm autumn morning, Jean-Claude Ellena emerges from his glass-walled villa perched on a wooded hilltop in the Riviera backcountry near the village of Cabris. Dressed in gray slacks and a crisp white shirt, he is quietly handsome with a ready laugh and a mischievous glint in his eyes. At 60, he carries about him an aura of Cary Grant. Although Ellena rarely gives interviews, today he is happy to talk.