I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are?

Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?

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.

I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.

For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.

All I want to do is make people beautiful.