Portraits of Perfumeurs

Emma Lehaut has always been fascinated by disruptive and unconventional fragrances. From an early age, she has been eager to discover, tame and shape fragrances into delightful experiences. She is fascinated by the way fragrances have the power to seduce, provoke, soothe or even threaten.

Barbara Zoebelein creates rich, harmonious fragrances, blending natural materials and synthetic ingredients with precision and sensitivity. Her bold, poetic style translates emotions through an olfactory narrative inspired by nature, travel and the cultures she has explored. She sees perfume as a sensory language, an art blending rigor and intuition, where each creation is an invitation to live a unique emotional experience.

Alexandra Monet, a perfumer trained at ISIPCA, composes as one tells an intimate story. Inspired as a teenager by Françoise Caron, she transforms emotions, memories and sensations into fragrances that blend gourmand notes, patchouli and sensual woody materials. Between spontaneity and precision, she conceives each fragrance as olfactory writing that comes to life on the skin.

Tristan Rostain, a perfumer trained at the Institut de Grasse, delicately composes nuanced fragrances, blending silky petals, sweet spices and velvety woods. With SFA Néroli since 2010, he collaborates with a number of fragrance houses, bringing discreet elegance and subtle harmony to their collections. His style, both narrative and precise, transforms each fragrance into an emotionally charged olfactory story.

A freelance perfumer trained at ISIPCA, Marie Urban Le Febvre embodies an auteur perfumery, sensitive and demanding. After working for Symrise and Takasago, in 2014 she founded Urban Scents in Berlin, now based in Trieste. Her style is distinguished by a minimalist, sensory writing style, where the quality of the raw materials - often sourced from Grasse - takes precedence over complexity. She collaborates with brands, museums and scientific projects, while passing on her knowledge at ISIPCA...

A renowned dermatologist, aromatherapy teacher at a prestigious institution and committed perfumer, Shuai Tan builds bridges between science and olfactory creation. His approach, nourished by a mastery of natural materials and a cross-disciplinary vision of skincare, gives rise to singular compositions that are at once precise, sensual and unexpected.

David Chieze blends scientific rigor and artistic sensitivity to create narrative, sensorial fragrances. Trained in chemistry and perfumery, he honed his style with Bertrand Duchaufour. Between artistic collaborations and projects for niche houses, he explores the links between nature, history and emotion. A creator we follow closely for his bold, singular vision of perfumery.

Yenchi Lin, a Taiwanese perfumer trained in Grasse, composes fragrances as one writes intimate narratives. Nurtured by memories of her childhood in Kaohsiung and her deep bond with nature, she creates modern, sensitive and narrative fragrances. Each fragrance, like The Hometown In Me or Sing at My Funeral, explores memory and emotion with clarity and delicacy. At the crossroads of cultures, her style asserts a singular voice in the new contemporary perfumery.

Lan Xiao, independent perfumer and founder of Tombstone, explores the beauty of life through the awareness of death. Her provocative and profound olfactory creations blend earthy notes, incense, white flowers and unexpected gourmand accords. Each fragrance is a sensory meditation on finitude, liberated from traditional codes, while its tombstone-shaped bottles celebrate the uniqueness of each existence.

Jean Sauvage composes his fragrances as one writes fragments. Memories, landscapes, silences: everything becomes material for a sillage. Self-taught and discreet, he creates exclusively for Binet-Papillon, in a sensitive dialogue with Virginie Choné. Together, they shape a perfumery where natural materials dominate and where each name, each accord, seems to emerge from a notebook of poetry. Jean Sauvage doesn't seek effect - he seeks accuracy. His style reveals emotion without ever imposing...

He doesn't say much, but his fragrances say it all. Alexis Dadier composes as one dreams, sculpting the silences of nature and buried memories. Fascinated by raw materials, he seeks less to impress than to hit the mark. His creations are inner landscapes, made of contrasts, soft shadows and luminous impulses. From Dior to Robertet, he traces a sensory path inspired by nature and inner resonances.

Born in Catalonia, Jordi Fernandez discovered the power of scent at an early age through the incense processions and spice markets of his childhood. Self-taught, passionate about the intimacy of rituals and the evocative power of raw materials, he is a discreet and demanding creator, driven by a quest for olfactory perfection and insatiable curiosity. Nicknamed "Master of Oud", his style combines opulence and simplicity, combining noble materials in overdose with innovative molecules;...