Vanessa Ligovich: “With the creation of Q-Lab, we wish to promote interactions and creativity around sandalwood and its virtues”
Founded more than 20 years ago, Quintis is now the leading producer of ethical Indian and Australian sandalwood.
Perfume
A global competition around Indian sandalwood by Quintis
Quintis Sandalwood together with the American Society of Perfumers has launched a competition, inviting perfumers from across the world to create a fragrance that heroes sustainably-grown Indian sandalwood.
Elaine O’Connell: “Our goal is to reconnect the global beauty industry with new ideas and fresh perspectives”
Le plus grand salon international consacré à la beauté au Moyen-Orient aura lieu à Dubaï . Quel est l’objectif de cette 25e édition ? Que réserve la programmation de l’événement, notamment en matière de parfum ? Les réponses d’Elaine O’Connell, directrice du salon.
Maxime Baud: “I’d like ScenTree to become a ‘social Wikipedia’ of perfumery raw materials”
ScenTree, the classification tool for perfumery raw materials, is celebrating its second anniversary. A look back at these years of reflection, changes and achievements.
Ricardo Omori: “In Madagascar, we want to develop unique products of high olfactory quality”
Ricardo Omori is Vice President of the Fine Fragrance division at Symrise. According to him, the “red island” in the Indian Ocean is an extraordinary place, which owes as much to the plants that grow there as to the people using them to create exceptional ingredients for perfumery.
Yves Cassar: “If vetiver were a character, it would be Indiana Jones”
Yves Cassar has been a perfumer for IFF since 1998. He has created many successes, alone or with a team. We asked him about vetiver.
Julie Massé: “Vanilla creates an incomparable sillage, a signature and volume”
Julie Massé is a perfumer at Mane since 2010. We asked her about vanilla.
Céline Barel: “Tuberose is too often caricatured”
Céline Barel has been a perfumer at IFF since 2001, creating Aesop’s Tacit, Zoologist’s Squid, Jo Malone’s Vanilla & Anise, and Maison d’Etto’s Canaan and Durban Jane.
Julien Maubert: “The processing methods of the Damask rose remain traditional”
Representing the fifth generation of his family to work at Robertet, Julien Maubert holds the post of Head of Raw Materials. Keen to reconcile family heritage with innovation, the group combines tried and-tested traditional methods with sustainable sourcing.
Aurélien Guichard: “Biomuguet and Biocyclamol offer a form of abstraction that I really appreciate”
Aurélien Guichard, whose hometown is Grasse, joined Takasago in 2018, after roles as a perfumer with Givaudan and Firmenich. He is the nose behind Narciso for Narciso Rodriguez, Gucci Guilty, and Encens suave and Radical Rose for his own brand, Matière première.
Alexandra Carlin: “This ginger smells of freshly grated root”
Alexandra Carlin is a Symrise
perfumer. She spoke to us about how
Madagascan ginger became one of
her favorite fragrance ingredients.
Frédéric Badie: “I’m particularly fond of frankincense”
As a chemistry graduate, Frédéric Badie first joined Mane to train in formulating natural ingredients. From there he went to Charabot, where he worked on olfactory and analytical control before becoming a perfumer at CAL-Chauvet. He is currently R&D director at Payan Bertrand.
Mark Buxton: “Pink pepper can pull some base notes up to head notes”
He loves the finer things in life, including wine and haute cuisine. He has launched his own brand, Mark Buxton Perfumes, and is co-founder of the Nose perfumery concept store in Paris.
Perfumers’ sources of inspiration
Mane does everything possible to continually feed the creativity of its Parisian perfumery team, from introducing new ingredients to encouraging collaboration with other disciplines.
Madagascar, a land of innovation for Symrise
A hundred years after the first botanical trials were run there, Madagascar remains an extraordinary open-air laboratory.
Olfactive Vision by Firmenich: a tool to create the next decade’s perfumery
What will the fragrances of tomorrow be made of? Sustainable beets, feminine fougères or safely toxic fragrances? Firmenich’s perfumers and creative team give us a glimpse into the future.
Saskia Wilson Brown: ”Only diversity can allow for a living culture”
Director and founder of the Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles, Saskia Wilson Brown is deeply engaged in open access and transmedia practices. The Institute for Art and Olfaction, founded in 2012, is a non-profit arts organization devoted to experimentation and education in perfumery.
Alessandra Tucci: “If the perfume industry wants to see more diversity in its teams, it can only happen through education”
Alessandra Tucci founded the Paralela Escola Olfativa in São Paulo in 2012 and became an expert in perfumery, strategy and innovation.
Chantal Artignan: “Our school should not be reserved for a social elite”
Chantal Artignan is the director of the École Supérieure du Parfum (ESP) which has been training students in Paris and Grasse since 2011
Shyamala Maisondieu: “I had to make my own voice heard”
Shyamala Maisondieu is a truly international perfumer. Born in Malaysia, she studied in London, lived in Hong Kong and followed the courses of the Givaudan perfumery school, in Grasse.
