Perfumers

Şadi ADVAN

Aaron Terence Hughes

Adam Bujairami

Ahmedullah Anfar

Aimé Guerlain

Alain Astori

Albert Fouquet

The heritage figure at the center of Eight & Bob's disputed 1937 origin story.

Alberto Morillas

The nose behind CK One and Acqua di Giò

Alessandro Gualtieri

Alex Lee

Alexandra Carlin

Alexandra Kosinski

Alexis Grugeon

The Firmenich nose who composed Amouage's woody 'Opus XVI - Timber' (2025).

Alienor Massenet

The nose who reinvents leather as something luminous, from Memo Paris's Russian Leather.

Aliénor Massenet

Amandine Clerc-Marie

Amandine Marie

Amelie Bourgeois

Amélie Jacquin

Andrei Niță

Andy Tauer

Ane Ayo

Angéline Leporini

Anne Flipo

The nose behind Lancôme's La Vie Est Belle

Anne-Sophie Behaghel

Annick Menardo

The nose behind Bulgari Black and Le Labo's Patchouli 24

Annick Ménardo

Annie Buzantian

Antoine Lie

The provocateur behind Etat Libre d'Orange's notorious Sécrétions Magnifiques.

Antoine Maisondieu

The Givaudan nose behind Yves Saint Laurent's MYSLF and Giorgio Armani's Armani Code

Arthur Burnham

Arturetto Landi

The Italian nose behind Pantheon Roma's Renaissance-inspired 'A' extrait.

Aurelien Guichard

Aurélien Guichard

Aurélien Guichard

The Grasse-born nose behind Gucci Guilty and Versace Eros, now founder of Matière Première.

Barnabe Fillion

Beatrice Piquet

Benoist Lapouza

Bernard Chant

Bernard Ellena

Bertrand Duchaufour

The incense master behind L'Artisan's Timbuktu and Amouage's Dia Man.

Beverley Bayne

Bob Slattery

Bruno Jovanovic

The French nose behind Paco Rabanne's Lady Million and, more recently, Prada Paradigme.

Béatrice Piquet

Bérénice Watteau

A DSM-Firmenich perfumer behind House of Cosmo's mineral-driven Lunar Minérale.

Calice Becker

The nose behind Dior J'Adore

Camille Chemardin

The Flair Paris junior perfumer behind Loumari's cult aquatic Porthole.

Carlos Benaim

Carlos Benaïm

The nose behind Ralph Lauren's Polo and Viktor & Rolf's Flowerbomb

Carlos Benaïm & Jean-Christophe Hérault

Carlos Viñals

Symrise VP Senior Perfumer who composed Mind Games' chess-themed Gambit.

Carole Calmettes

Caroline Dumur

Caroline Sabas

Catherine Selig

Cecile Matton

Celine Barel

Celine Ripert

Chris Maurice

The Barcelona-born nose behind Xerjoff's Alexandria II and More Than Words, working the name Chris Maurice over his own Christian Carbonnel.

Christelle Laprade

French perfumer behind Mind Games' chess-strategy collection and Commodity's Milk series.

Christian Carbonnel

Christian Carbonnel a.k.a. Chris Maurice

Christian Petrovich

Christian Provenzano

Christine Hassan

Christine Nagel

The in-house perfumer of Hermès and co-creator of Narciso Rodriguez for Her

Christophe Laudamiel

Christophe Raynaud

The nose behind Paco Rabanne 1 Million

Christopher Sheldrake

Claire Liégent

The wine-and-haute-cuisine sensibility behind Première Peau's saffron-lit Insuline Safrine.

Claude Dir

Clement Gavarry

Constance Georges-Picot

Cristiano Canali

Créations Aromatiques

Cécile Matton

Cécile Zarokian

Daniel Gallagher

Daniel Maurel

Daniel Molière

Daniela Andrier

The nose behind Prada's Infusion d'Iris

Daphne Bugey

Daphné Bugey

The nose behind Kenzo Amour and Jean Paul Gaultier's Scandal

David Apel

The American Symrise perfumer behind Tom Ford's Black Orchid.

David Chieze

David Seth Moltz

Delphine Jelk

The Guerlain perfumer who shaped the modern gourmand icon La Petite Robe Noire.

Dominique Ropion

The nose behind Portrait of a Lady and Carnal Flower for Frédéric Malle

Domitille Michalon Bertier

Domitille Michalon-Bertier

Donna Ramanauskas

Dora Baghriche

Dorothée Piot

Doug Falcone

DSM-Firmenich

Edmond Roudnitska

Edouard Fléchier

Elie Roger

Elise Benat

Ellen Covey

Elodie Bernard

The Expressions Parfumées nose behind Ormonde Jayne's Bijou Zafran.

Elodie Durande

Emilie Bevierre-Coppermann

Emilie Bouge

Emilie Coppermann

Ernest Beaux

Erwin Creed

Seventh-generation Creed perfumer who worked alongside his father Olivier on modern pillars of the house.

Fabrice Pellegrin

The nose behind Diptyque's Do Son and Jean Paul Gaultier's Scandal

Fanny Bal

Firmenich

Florian Gallo

Fragrance Resources

Francis Kurkdjian

The perfumer behind Baccarat Rouge 540 and Jean Paul Gaultier's Le Male

Francois Merle-Baudoin

Frank Voelkl

The Firmenich nose behind Le Labo's ubiquitous Santal 33.

François Demachy

The nose behind Dior Sauvage

François Merle-Baudoin

Frida Giannini

Gabriela Chelariu

Gaël Montero

Gerard Anthony

Gerard Haury

Geza Schoen

The German nose behind Molecule 01, the Iso E Super 'anti-fragrance' that became a cult skin scent.

Geza Schön

Gil Clavien

Gino Percontino

Giorgio Armani

Givaudan

Guillaume Flavigny

Guy Robert

Gérard Anthony

Gökhan Şimşek

Hamid Merati-Kashani

The nose behind Parfums de Marly's Layton

Hany Hafez

Harry Fremont

Henri Robert

Honorine Blanc

The dsm-firmenich master perfumer behind YSL Black Opium and its coffee-vanilla signature.

House of My Perfumes

Hüseyin Erdoğmuş

Ibrahim Al Zoabi

Ilias Ermenidis

Imran Fazlani

The founder and 'nose' behind Afnan Perfumes and its breakout 9PM line.

Jacques Cavallier

Jacques Cavallier Belletrud

The nose behind L'Eau d'Issey and Acqua di Giò

Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud

Jacques Flori

Jacques Guerlain

Jacques Huclier

Jacques Polge

The nose behind Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle, Allure, and Bleu de Chanel

James Heeley

James Henry Creed

Jean Amic

Jean Claude Delville

Jean Guichard

Jean Martel

Jean-Christophe Herault

Jean-Christophe Hérault

IFF perfumer behind Balenciaga Florabotanica and Gucci's The Alchemist's Garden, mentored by Pierre Bourdon.

Jean-Claude Ellena

The nose behind Terre d'Hermès and Hermès's celebrated Hermessence collection

Jean-François Latty

Jean-Jacques Diener

Jean-Louis Sieuzac

Jean-Marc Chaillan

Jean-Paul Guerlain

The fourth-generation Guerlain nose behind Vetiver (1959) and Habit Rouge (1965).

Jean-Pierre Bethouart

Jean-Pierre Béthouart

Jerome Epinette

Jo Malone

Jordi Fernández

Jorge Lee

Josephine Catapano

Josh Meyer

Juan Perez

Julia Rodriguez

Julian Bedel

Julie Massé

Julien Rasquinet

Juliette Karagueuzoglou

Jérôme Di Marino

Jérôme Epinette

The Robertet nose behind Byredo's Gypsy Water and Bal d'Afrique

Karine Dubreuil-Sereni

Karine Vinchon Spehner

Karine Vinchon-Spehner

Kemal Tekin

Kevin Scozzaro

Laura Bosetti Tonatto

The Turin nose who composed a bespoke fragrance for Queen Elizabeth II.

Laura Oberwetter

Laurent Bruyere

Laurent Bruyère

Laurent Le Guernec

Linda Song

Givaudan senior perfumer who co-composed Tom Ford Fougère d'Argent (2018).

Loc Dong

The nose behind Giorgio Armani's Acqua di Gioia, celebrated for coaxing harmony from discordant notes.

Lorenzo Pazzaglia

Louise Turner

Luca Maffei

Lucas Sieuzac

Marc-Antoine Corticchiato

Margaux Le Paih Guérin

Mariaceleste Lombardo

Marie Salamagne

Co-creator of Yves Saint Laurent's Black Opium, later named Master Perfumer at dsm-firmenich

Marine Ipert

Mark Buxton

Mark Constantine

Mathieu Nardin

Mathilde Bijaoui

Mathilde Laurent

The in-house perfumer behind Cartier's Baiser Volé, a modern lily soliflore.

Maurice Roger

Maurice Roucel

Max Gavarry

Michael Carby

The Givaudan perfumer behind Drake's Better World Fragrance House scents, including "Cloudar".

Michael Hy

Michel Almairac

The Grasse-born nose behind Gucci Rush and Chloé's modern rose.

Michel Girard

Michel Hy

Michèle Saramito

Miroslav Petkov

Mustafa Firoz

Nadège Le Garlantezec

Natalie Gracia-Cetto

Nathalie Benareau

Nathalie Feisthauer

Nathalie Gracia-Cetto

Nathalie Lorson

The nose behind Yves Saint Laurent's Black Opium

Nathalie Templer

Nicolas Beaulieu

Niles Ramadhin

Nisrine Bouazzaoui Grillié

Noah

The self-taught indie nose and founder of Polysnifferous, house of the "Aventish" line.

Noah Drucker

The self-taught indie nose and founder of Polysnifferous, house of the "Aventish" line.

Olivia Giacobetti

Olivier Creed

Sixth-generation master perfumer of the House of Creed, the nose behind Aventus and Green Irish Tweed

Olivier Cresp

The perfumer behind Thierry Mugler's Angel, the fragrance credited with launching the gourmand genre

Olivier Gillotin

Olivier Pescheux

The Givaudan master perfumer behind Paco Rabanne 1 Million

Olivier Polge

Chanel's in-house perfumer and the nose behind Bleu de Chanel Parfum and CHANEL No. 5 L'Eau

Paolo Terenzi

Pascal Gaurin

Patricia Choux

Patrick Müller

Paul Guerlain

Perfume maker

Philippe Paparella-Paris

Philippe Romano

Pierre Aulas

Pierre Bourdon

Pierre Montale

The perfumer behind Montale's Black Aoud, who helped bring full-strength oud to Western niche perfumery

Pierre Negrin

Pierre Wargnye

Quentin Bisch

The nose behind Parfums de Marly's Delina and Chloé's Nomade

Quentin Roussel

Ralf Schwieger

Ramon Monegal

Randa Hammami

René Morgenthaler

Richard Herpin

Rodrigo Flores-Roux

The nose behind Clinique Happy and Tom Ford's Neroli Portofino

Roger Howell

Roger Pellegrino

Roja Dove

The British "Professeur de Parfum" behind opulent modern classics like Roja Haute Luxe.

Romano Ricci

Rosendo Mateu

Rosie Jane Johnston Brand owner

Serge Kalouguine

Serge Majoullier

Shelley Waddington

Shinichiro Oba

Shyamala Maisondieu

Sidonie Grandperret

Sidonie Lancesseur

The Robertet perfumer behind Olfactive Studio's Lumière Blanche and By Kilian's Straight to Heaven.

Simone Andreoli

Sonia Constant

The perfumer behind Tom Ford Noir Extrême and Narciso Rodriguez For Her Pur Musc

Sophia Grojsman

Sophie Labbé

Stephen Nilsen

Steve DeMercado

Suzy Le Helley

Thierry Wasser

Guerlain's in-house perfumer since 2008, creator of La Petite Robe Noire and Mon Guerlain

Thomas Kosmala

The Polish-born perfumer-founder behind No. 4 Après l'Amour.

Tomas Hempel

Ugo Charron

Veysel Akyol

Vincent Ricord

Violaine Collas

The Mane perfumer behind Amouage Honour Woman and Atkinsons 24 Old Bond Street, who builds scent from highly contrasted accords brought into harmony.

Véronique Nyberg

Watchara Bamrungpong

Wessel-Jan Kos

Will Southard

Self-taught former US Navy officer behind Third Eye Fragrance Co's Moon Lotus.

Yann Vasnier

The Givaudan nose behind Marc Jacobs Lola and Comme des Garçons Palisander, at ease between commercial polish and niche daring.

Yves Cassar

Yves de Chirin