September was nearing, and 1907 was preparing to
open its new perfumery in Bratislava on Hviezdoslavo námestie in the passage of
the Carlton Hotel. It was opened on the 3d of September in great style, with a
news conference and gala opening in the hotels representative halls. Important
guests from the niche perfume world where invited to present to the Slovak
public the unknown, exceptional exclusive and independent perfume universe.
Between the invited guests could not be absent
the charismatic founder, owner and visionary of Puredistance Jan Ewoud Vos. For
the tall simpatico guy from the Netherlands, we prepared from the beginning a
small surprise. Our plan from the beginning was to get a real Aston Martin in
the halls of the hotel, as this car is linked to one of his creations, but
about that latter. Technical problems arised, so on the way to Bratislava, Evka Škovranová had an alternative idea. We will bring him a smaller version of
Aston Martin with a remote control. So my first meeting with Jan Ewoud Vos was
with the remote control in my hand, the small car on the floor that rushed from
behind the wall to the legs of Mr. Vos who was waiting at the reception.
