During his decades in the car business in Lawrence and elsewhere, Jim Ellena liked to attract attention to his dealerships to get people on the lot. “He was quite a promoter in his day,” said his ...
Unfortunately, Ellena died shortly before her book became published, but her family says she was able to see a rough draft and was very pleased with the outcome. “Coconut and Charles” is a book Ellena ...
Jean-Claude Ellena, 65, was born in Grasse, in Provence, the son of a perfumer. In 2004, he became in-house perfumer for Hermès, where perfume sales have since more than doubled. The company set up a ...
On a sunny afternoon last June, the French perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena arrived at the offices of Hermès, the luxury-goods maker, in Pantin, just north of Paris, to present his first essais—or ...
PARIS — In a bold move that harkens to fragrance days of yore, Hermès International has appointed Jean-Claude Ellena as its first in-house perfumer. Starting June 7, Ellena will oversee the brand’s ...
How do you want to smell? Expensive? Seductive? Mysterious? If it’s all three, you’ve probably already fallen for one of the Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle. The lush tuberose of Carnal Flower has ...
This article concludes nine essays in our column, Yesterday and Today, devoted to the life of George Carpenter (1802-1860) and his mansion, Phil-Ellena. The house was torn down in 1894 to make way for ...
Harris (left) and Joseph William Torrey served as the vice-governor and governor of Ellena. (Wikipedia pic) For most Malaysians, July 4 is just another day on the calendar. But while people in the US ...