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Arturetto Landi, operas for the nose

Arturetto Landi is Italian, trained as a chemist, and became a perfumer by chance. A temporary job at a fragrance company in England changed his path. After growing up on the Italian Riviera with a father who was a chef, he trained at H&R in Holzminden, then worked in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Hamburg, Vienna, and Dubai.

The Middle East introduced him to agarwood, which became the backbone of his work. His style is expansive, dense, and theatrical. He likes warm, woody, leathery oud, combined with resins, ambers, flowers, and spices. Contrasts prevail over restraint.

In 2014, he launched his own house. His philosophy can be summed up in five words: modesty, patience, imagination, passion, discernment.

Simone Lo Bue, Italian perfumer: from LVMH to niche perfumery

Simone Lo Bue is an Italian creative perfumer, Deputy R&D Director at Moellhausen since 2022.

Trained in chemistry and inspired by music, theater, and the arts, he designs fragrances as sensory narratives, where each raw material contributes to an emotion.

After international experience in cosmetics and perfumery, he established his signature in niche perfumery. His motto, “beautifying the world through fragrance,” sums up an expressive, sensitive, and deeply narrative approach to creation.

Portrait of perfumer Jean-Charles Sommerard

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Born between grandparents who were master coffee roasters and a father who was a distiller, Jean-Charles Sommerard grew up among flowers, alembics, essential oils and perfume. For this perfumer, bestselling author and teacher at the École Supérieure du Parfum, a fragrance is far more than a delicate olfactory caress. It is almost an act of sorcery—capable of lifting souls and transforming lives! And he delights in this magic every day. Today, drawing on his rich experience with companies and...

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The AKRO perfumes, between elegance and addictions

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In this exclusive interview, Olivier Cresp, the master perfumer made famous for Angel, explores contemporary addictions-coffee, chocolate, nicotine-and transforms them into elegant, figurative niche fragrances. With his daughter Anaïs, he creates modern gourmet creations such as Crush and Bake. AKRO embodies an independent, audacious and sophisticated perfumery, where addiction becomes an olfactory experience.

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Ayşe Sirkecioğlu: when Ottoman heritage meets cutting-edge perfumery

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Ayşe Sirkecioğlu is a perfumer at EPS Fragrances. Trained in cutting-edge technologies (Head Space analyzers, distillation), she captures the essence of living nature to create her compositions. Her signature style combines sophisticated oriental contrasts with gourmand touches, as in "Ruby" (2025), which blends cherries, creamy almond and amber vanilla. She masters the art of dosing spices without caricature, creating exceptionally long-lasting niche fragrances that tell a story and reveal a...

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From Nomadic Leathers to Luminous Fragrances: The Art of Aliénor Massenet

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Senior Vice-President Perfumer at Symrise after thirty years at IFF, Aliénor Massenet has developed an olfactory style recognizable by its luminous contrasts and mystical signature of labdanum and myrrh. Trained at Cinquième Sens and Firmenich, she revolutionizes the leather accord with unexpected solar compositions in her emblematic creations for Memo (Lalibela, Irish Leather), Viktor & Rolf (Antidote) and Margiela (Jazz Club). Her emotional approach transforms each fragrance into an...

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Against mystical vagueness: Maurice Roucel's frank sensuality

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Maurice Roucel, who began his career by joining Chanel in 1973 as a chromatography technician, has become one of the most influential perfumers of his time. Winner of the Prix François Coty in 2002, he has created fragrances for Hermès, Guerlain, Rochas, Serge Lutens and Frédéric Malle. His style combines carnal sensuality with structural clarity: creamy magnolia, enveloping musks, luminous florals or amber orientals. Between scientific rigor and sensual instinct, his compositions reveal...

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From root to aldehyde: Suzy Le Helley's concise signature

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Suzy Le Helley composes fragrances like a travel journal: a botanical note, an aldehydic glow, a woody warmth. Trained at Symrise, she blends natural and synthetic materials with economy and precision. Her collaborations (including a creation for Frédéric Malle/Acne Studios) illustrate her ability to serve a house's identity while maintaining a clear, sensitive style. Her fragrances open up a sensory exploration, guided by the material.

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Meet Emma Lehaut, perfumer of emotions

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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.

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Captured Light: Sensory Art by Barbara Zoebelein

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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.

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When patchouli speaks: workshop confidences with Alexandra Monet

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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.

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In the Silent Alchemy of Tristan Rostain

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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.

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Marie Urban Le Febvre: a style between minimalism, memory and matter

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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...

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Shuai Tan, the invisible imprint

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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.

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