The production process of a perfume – Cristina Castellanos (Iberchem)
Cristina Castellanos tells us how the production process unfolds at this Spanish composition company specialising in fine and functional fragrances.
Interviews
Artificial intelligence – Jean-Christophe Hérault (IFF)
Artificial intelligence programs are gradually becoming part of the perfume development process. Jean-Christophe Hérault, senior perfumer at IFF, explains the implications of what is sometimes referred to as a revolution.
The role of the in-house perfumer – Mathilde Laurent (Cartier)
Perfumers become an integral and crucial part of a true ecosystem and they are involved in every stage in the development of a new creation as Mathilde Laurent explains.
Choosing your palette – Véronique Nyberg (Mane)
Perfumers are often involved in selecting the ingredients that make up their company’s palette. Véronique Nyberg, perfumer and vice-president of fine fragrances at Mane, discusses this crucial mission.
When seniors train juniors – Domitille Michalon-Bertier (IFF)
Fragrance houses train their youngest recruits by placing them under the wing of one or more experienced creators, as Domitille Michalon-Bertier, senior perfumer at IFF explains.
From natural to synthetic – Jonathan Warr (Takasago)
An ever-growing number of innovations make it possible to obtain synthetic molecules from renewable resources. Explanations, with Jonathan Warr, Vice-President for Research & Development at Takasago.
Yes, we need synthetics – Xavier Fernandez (Nice University)
Why then are synthetic ingredients more useful and necessary than we think? And what exactly is green chemistry? Xavier Fernandez shares his insights.
Supercritical CO₂ extraction – Cyrille Santerre (ISIPCA)
After emerging in the 1960s and 1970s, supercritical CO2 extraction is now carving an ever-bigger place for itself in the perfumer’s palette.
Madagascar, a unique testing ground for natural ingredients – Suzy Le Helley (Symrise)
Perfumer Suzy Le Helley (Symrise) tells us the story of the close-knit collaboration with Madagascar small-scale producers and the issues involved.
Sustainable development, the engine of innovation – Juliette Karagueuzoglou (IFF)
Juliette Karagueuzoglou, senior perfumer at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), details the different fields of innovation at Laboratoire Monique Rémy (LMR).
Renewal and creation of new natural products – Serge Majoullier (Mane)
Reliant as it is on the biodiversity that humankind has explored extensively, the palette of natural ingredients may seem immutable as Serge Majoullier shows us.
Irene Gisbert Borras : « The Barcelona Olfaction Week is a magical week, where the nose is the protagonist »
Meeting with Irene Gisbert Borras, co-founder of Barcelona Olfaction Week, a whole week of activities and conferences dedicated to olfaction and perfume.
Sylvain Antoniotti: “One of an academic scientist’s duties is to inform citizens”
Sylvain Antoniotti, Director of the Institute for Innovation and Partnerships in Flavours, Fragrances and Cosmetics at Université Côte d’Azur, explains the current state of research in the field.
“Perfume Legends II. French Feminine Fragrances” : Michael Edwards, the Living Museum of Perfume.
Meeting with one of the best connoisseurs in the history of perfumery.
Franco Wright (Lucky Scent) : “I tend to wear what’s in front of me at that moment; sometimes it can be as many as 5 different fragrances”
This interview continues our world tour of the niche perfumeries that honored us by becoming retailers of our magazine. For our third stop, we invite you to a Californian trip, to Los Angeles, to discover Lucky Scent with Franco Wright.
Tracy Tsefalas, André Gooren (Fumerie Parfumerie) : “We look for inspired creations that focus on quality and skill.”
This interview launches our world tour of the niche perfumeries that honored us by becoming retailers of our magazine. For this first stop, we invite you to cross the Atlantic (remember, we are in France!), to Portland (Oregon), near the Canadian border, to discover Fumerie Parfumerie with Tracy Tsefalas and André Gooren.
