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Luca Maffei: The Milanese Perfumer Who Translates Stories into Scent

Year of birth: 1985From: Milan, ItalyName: Luca MaffeiBased at: Atelier Fragranze Milano (AFM)Connecting the yeasty qual...
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Dora Baghriche: Weaving Stories of Scent from Memory and Words

Origin: Algiers, AlgeriaName variants: Dora Baghriche / Dora Baghriche-ArnaudAffiliation: LUZI (joined as Master Perfume...
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Dorothée Piot: The Light and Shade of Trees, and Scents That Gradually Unfold

To explore Dorothée Piot’s perfumes, begin by looking not only at what they smell of, but at what kind of atmosphere the...
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Guillaume Flavigny: Turning Both Black Ink and White Tea into Olfactory Chords

Name: Guillaume FlavignyCountry of origin: FranceCompany: GivaudanTraining: ISIPCA and Givaudan’s perfumery schoolComme ...
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Jean-Paul Guerlain: The House’s Fourth-Generation Perfumer Who Turned Memory and Love into Scent

“Perfume is the most intense form of memory.”Jean-Paul Guerlain, interview with Elle Canada, reproduced by Now Smell Thi...
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Jérôme Epinette: Listening First, Drawing Character with Woods

“I am passionate about woods, so almost all my creations contain woods.”Jérôme Epinette, interview with Fragroom, 2021Bo...
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Calice Becker: The Perfumer Who Polishes a Fragment of a Flower and Creates Light That Lingers in Memory

Perfume is the most beautiful illusion.Calice Becker, Perfumer & Flavorist, “The Juice,” 2017How do flowers get inside a...
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Germaine Cellier: The Rebellious Perfumer Who Breathed Freedom into Leather and White Flowers

I accept the challenge. Let him come.Germaine Cellier, a statement published in the newspaper L’Impartial in 1948, repro...
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Jacques Polge: A Poet of Scent Connecting CHANEL’s Memory with Its Future

“Perfume is a form of poetry. It says nothing, yet gives us so much.”Jacques Polge, Together magazine, 2011Born June 14,...
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Jacques Guerlain: The Third Generation of Guerlain, Turning Twilight and Stories into Fragrance

“Making perfume? It is a matter of patience.”Jacques Guerlain, as recalled by Marcel Billot, in the translation publishe...