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When matter finds its own space: Luca Maffei's signature style

Luca Maffei grew up between Italy and the raw materials that surrounded his family's workshop. Trained in Grasse and then back in Milan, he refined a style based on balance, controlled contrasts and the precision of noble materials.

Co-founder of Atelier Fragranze Milano, he creates fragrances inspired by memories, Italian light and artisanal gestures. His work explores olfactory trajectories where each note finds its rightful place.

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Maya Njie, perfumer of time and memories

As a self-taught perfumer, Maya’s practice was developed through experimentation; the blending of raw materials with a variety of essential oils, aroma compounds and resins; nature and science combining in autobiographical fragrances.

Maya’s olfactory identity draws inspiration from her upbringing, as well as an archive of intimate family photographs from the 1960s; the small Swedish summer house surrounded by mercurial forests, the visits to her grandparents’ sparsely furnished flat on Sunday afternoons, Uncle Lars' and Aunt Erene’s wedding.

A bottling of a time, place and spirit.

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  • A Portrait of Perfumer Michel Girard
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  • Anne Flipo, our Lady of Fragrances
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  • BASTILLE: the French way of revolutionizing perfumes
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    Perfume is an art form that forms part of France's cultural identity. But faced with a market saturated with industrial, standardised and opaque products, how do you stand out and reinvent yourself? That's the challenge facing BASTILLE, a young niche fragrance brand offering original, natural, transparent and connected creations. Discover how BASTILLE is revolutionising the world of perfume by giving it back meaning, quality and freedom.

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  • Portrait of Master Perfumer Olivier Cresp
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    Olivier Cresp is a French perfumer. Born in Grasse, he grew up in a family of flower growers who passed on to him their passion for beautiful scents. He was awarded the title of master perfumer in 2006. He is the creator of the gourmand notes family, with Thierry Mugler's famous Angel, which blends sweet, vanilla, chocolate and caramel notes. He has created many successful fragrances for some of the biggest names in international perfumery. He says he's always looking for the perfect...

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  • Portrait of perfumer Sidonie Lancesseur
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    Sidonie Lancesseur was born in Paris, where she spent her childhood. It was while studying chemistry that she discovered her vocation: in Grasse, she fell under the spell of natural raw materials, flowers, plants, resins, woods, spices...  Her elegant, authentic style is characterised by short, modern formulas that highlight the raw materials and express emotions. She likes to work with woody, spicy and amber notes that remind her of her travels and memories.  Sidonie Lancesseur draws her...

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  • Portrait of perfumer Dora Baghriche
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    Perfumer Dora Baghriche describes herself as a curious, open-minded and eclectic perfumer who loves exploring the world and soaking up its moods, colours and sounds. She keeps a diary in which she records her impressions, emotions and ideas. She loves working with earthy, protective and life-giving materials such as roots, seeds and bark. She has a particular predilection for iris, which she discovered with the perfume Hiris by Hermès, and which was a revelation for her. She sees perfume as...

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  • Portrait of French Perfume Designer Nathalie Lorson
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    Nathalie Lorson is a French Master Perfumer from Grasse, the perfume capital of the world. She grew up in a family of perfumers, her father being a chemist at Roure. Nathalie Lorson describes herself as a generous perfumer who creates for and with others. She enjoys exchanging ideas and expressing emotions through her fragrances. She remains humble and discreet, and does not seek fame. She says her greatest reward is meeting strangers who wear her fragrances. Nathalie Lorson has created over...

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  • A portrait of perfumer Elia Chiche
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    Elia Chiche is a French perfumer currently working for the Flair creative studio. She is also a designer and olfactory artist. She studied chemistry at the University of Paris-Sud, where she obtained a master's degree in organic chemistry. She also studied perfumery at ISIPCA. She has worked for several perfume houses, including Givaudan and Symrise, before joining Flair. Apart from her work at Flair, she is also involved in personal projects related to olfactory art, sensoriality and...

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  • Portrait of perfumeur Camille Chemardin
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    Camille Chemardin is a French perfumer. A graduate of the École Supérieure du Parfum, she joined Studio Flair as an intern at the age of 20 and has remained there ever since. She has created a number of fragrances for independent niche brands, bringing her personal, modern touch to classic accords. Her favourite ingredients include tuberose, a sensual and intense white flower, which she likes to combine with fresh, sparkling notes such as ginger and juniper berries. Her passion for creating...

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  • Festive Essences
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  • Holiday fragrances 2024 for men: how to shine at the end of the year?
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