Alain could've qualified for his Potions Mastery if he ever stayed long enough in one country to try. It was something of a passion of his to construct and deconstruct potions. Like puzzles. Certainly he had more of a natural flair for it than his sister-in-law. If it wasn't written out in a book, she struggled. That was an embarrassing lesson she learned in Professor Slughorn's advanced potions class.