Perfumer Directory

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Perfumer Directory

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People and the stories behind scent

Aurélien Guichard: Growing Flowers and Revealing the Beauty of a Single Ingredient
Emilie Coppermann: Turning Emotion into Fragrance with Free Thinking and a Light Touch
Jean Carles: A Pioneer of Perfumery Education Who Changed How We Learn About Scent
Henri Robert: An Eye for Iris, Expressed in Chanel N°19
Ernest Daltroff: The Pioneering Fragrances He Created for Caron
Antoine Maisondieu: Making Beauty and Poetry into Accessible Fragrance
André Fraysse: The Perfumer Who Brought Elegance to Arpège
Michel Roudnitska: Expressing the Senses Through Images and Scent
Pierre Bourdon: The Artist of Scent Who Created Cool Water
Edmond Roudnitska: A Seeker of Beauty Who Kept Exploring Scent as Art
Jean-Claude Ellena: A Poet Entrusting Scenes to Simple Scents
François Robert: Revealing the Many Faces of Rose through Inherited Craft
Francis Kurkdjian: Creating a Fragrance Wardrobe with People in Mind
Michel Almairac: An Unadorned Fragrance Aesthetic Entrusted to Parle Moi de Parfum
Vincent Schaller: Bringing More Scent into Everyday Life Through Chemistry and Sensibility
Annick Ménardo: Finding Unexpected Harmony Between Sweetness and Smoke
Sophia Grojsman: Wishing Women Happiness Through the Scent of Roses
François Coty: Opening the Door to Modern Perfumery Through Fragrance and Bottles
Ernest Beaux: Turning Memories of the North into Chanel Fragrances
Olivia Giacobetti: From Memories of Fig Trees to Transparent Scented Landscapes
Luca Maffei: The Milanese Perfumer Who Translates Stories into Scent
Dora Baghriche: Weaving Stories of Scent from Memory and Words
Dorothée Piot: The Light and Shade of Trees, and Scents That Gradually Unfold
Guillaume Flavigny: Turning Both Black Ink and White Tea into Olfactory Chords
Jean-Paul Guerlain: The House’s Fourth-Generation Perfumer Who Turned Memory and Love into Scent
Jérôme Epinette: Listening First, Drawing Character with Woods
Calice Becker: The Perfumer Who Polishes a Fragment of a Flower and Creates Light That Lingers in Memory
Germaine Cellier: The Rebellious Perfumer Who Breathed Freedom into Leather and White Flowers
Jacques Polge: A Poet of Scent Connecting CHANEL’s Memory with Its Future
Jacques Guerlain: The Third Generation of Guerlain, Turning Twilight and Stories into Fragrance
Josephine Catapano: A Pioneer Who Joined Flowers with Greenery and Opened a Path for American Fragrance
Christine Nagel: Stepping beyond Memory with Assured Technique
Honorine Blanc: Finding Light in Imperfection and Turning Emotion into Fragrance
Sidonie Lancesseur: Filling Short Formulas with Memory and Emotion
Guy Robert: Creating Symphonies of Scent and Passing On Their Memory
Jean Kerléo: A Life Devoted to Creating and Keeping Fragrance from Being Lost
Olivier Polge: Giving Inherited Fragrances a New Resonance
Jacques Cavallier Belletrud: From Memories of Water to Fragrances That Reach the Inner Self
Olivier Pescheux: Stories for Perfume, Comfort for the Wearer
Christian Provenzano: Layering Memories of Travel with Oud and Amber
Christopher Sheldrake: Turning People’s Memories into Fragrance, a Creator for Two Houses
Anne Flipo: Fashioning Free-Spirited Fragrance from Orange Blossom
Quentin Bisch: Staging Powerful Emotions with Short Formulas
Akiko Kamei: From Kochi to Grasse, Opening Doors Through Fragrance
Olivier Gillotin: Unraveling the Classics to Reveal the Heart of a Fragrance
Olivier Cresp: Turning Sweet Memories into Fragrances That Changed Their Time
Aimé Guerlain: From Scents That Reproduce Flowers to Scents That Move Us
Alberto Morillas: Turning Memories of Sunshine into Transparent Fragrances
Daphné Bugey: Following Memory and Composing Fragrance Freely
François Demachy: Bringing the Flowers of Grasse into Dior’s Fragrances
Harry Frémont: Fragrances of Comfort Nurtured in New York
Suzy Le Helley: From a Garden of Plants to Perfumes of Light and Texture
Daniela Andrier: A Philosophy-Trained Perfumer Connecting Memory and Surprise
Frank Voelkl: “Perfect Imperfection” and Scents That Feel at Home on the Skin
Anne-Sophie Behaghel: From Asphalt and Musk to Scents Still Unknown
Nathalie Lorson: Searching for Gold Nuggets for Someone Beyond the Scent
Nicolas Beaulieu: An Olfactory Archaeologist Exploring Everyday Smells
Marie Salamagne: Painting Fragrance with Memory and Contrast
Nathalie Feisthauer: Keeping the Edges in Scent, an Independent Perfumer in Montmartre
Fabrice Pellegrin: The Flowers of Grasse and the Depth of Simple Fragrances
Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain: The Founder Who Created an Empress’s Cologne
Rodrigo Flores-Roux: A Love of Life in the Brightness of Citrus
Mathilde Bijaoui: Seeing Color in Scent, Touching Memory
Sophie Labbé: Fragrances That Begin with Words, Creativity That Returns to Nature
Francis Fabron: Floral Softness with a Spicy Core
Daniel Molière: Drawing the Scents of Woods and Flowers, and Passing Them On
Delphine Jelk: Bringing Skin-Enveloping Comfort to Guerlain’s Fragrances
Mathilde Laurent: Creating Invisible Jewelry through Scent
Céline Ellena: A Storyteller Who Writes in Scent
Amélie Bourgeois: From Memories of Soil and Grass to Stories That Move Us
Bernard Chant: Landmark Fragrances Born from Leather and Moss Accords
Benoist Lapouza: Fragrant Harmonies Nurtured by the Sea and Music
Françoise Caron: Giving Light Colognes an Unforgettable Character
Delphine Lebeau: Translating Paintings and Texture into Fragrance
Loc Dong: Turning Memories of the Plants of Home into Fragrances for the World
Louise Turner: White Mornings and Sweet Fruit, Each from a Single Idea
Pierre Negrin: Rooted in the Earth, into a Rich World of Imagination
David Apel: The “Cave Painter” Who Draws Fragrance in Broad Strokes
Sonia Constant: Turning Travel Memories into Poems of Scent
Paul Vacher: Concealing Dreams within Precise Formulas
Yann Vasnier: Garden Memories and Urban Sensibility in Fragrance
Fanny Bal: Bold Character in Short Formulas
Thierry Wasser: Carrying Guerlain Forward, from Field to Perfume Bottle
Pascal Gaurin: Playing Memorable Riffs in Fragrance
Julien Rasquinet: Stories Encountered on His Travels, in a Single Drop
Cécile Matton: A Hands-On Perfumer Layering Sweetness with Surprise
Antoine Lie: An Olfactory Adventurer Exploring the Boundaries of Beauty
Christophe Laudamiel: Beyond the Perfume Bottle through Science and Art
Jean-Michel Duriez: Unforgettable Memories Entrusted to Scent
Alexandra Carlin: Turning Ingredients into Words, Weaving Stories on the Skin
Christophe Raynaud: Sculpting the Contours of Scent with an Artist’s Sensibility
Jean Guichard: Capturing the Spirit of an Era in Scent and Passing It to the Next Generation
Bertrand Duchaufour: Painting Memories of Travel in the Shades of Smoke and Wood
Jean-Louis Sieuzac: A Craftsman Who Created Great Perfumes and Nurtured the Next Generation
Henri Alméras: A Floral Scent Beyond a Bouquet, Brought to Life in Joy
Henri Sorsana: The Perfume Mentor Who Helped Shape Goutal’s Beginnings
Isabelle Doyen: Turning Memories of Flowers and Literature into Stories in Scent
Philippine Courtière: A Passion for Fragrance Connecting Paris and the Middle East
Amandine Clerc Marie: Turning the World’s Colors and Shapes into Fragrance
Aliénor Massenet: Reflecting Art in Fragrance through Labdanum and Myrrh
Elie Roger: Trusting Imagination and Developing a Scent of One’s Own
Annie Buzantian: A Creative Explorer Who Turns Someone’s Dreams into Fragrance
Ralf Schwieger: Exploring Surprises in Scent with Intellect and Playfulness
Édouard Fléchier: A Craftsperson Supporting Great Perfumes with a Finely Honed Sense of Smell
Maurice Roucel: From a Passion for Chemistry to Warm Sensuality
Dominique Ropion: A Perfumer Who Meticulously Sculpts the Contours of Flowers
Bruno Jovanovic: Vivid Individuality within Simple Compositions
Carlos Benaïm: Nurturing Great Perfumes through Memory and Curiosity
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About the Perfumer Directory

In English, they are called perfumers; in French, they are also known as nez, meaning “nose.” Learning about the backgrounds, lives and landmark creations of the people who make perfumes opens up new worlds of scent.

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