I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.

Making them feel gorgeous and comfortable is my way of making women's lives easier.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

I always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.

After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’

Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music.

I love women. I get along with women more than men, and I have more women friends.