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Another point in common with Art, perfumery is a field where men still get most of the recognition . Even if things are starting to evolve, with more and more recognition for women designers, like Annick Menardo, Sophie Labbé, Calice Becker and Christine Nagel, who just won the International Perfumer’s Award (formerly the François Coty Award).
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Photo of Germaine Cellier
We’ve come a long way from the days when Germaine Cellier (*), was the lone pioneer amongst all the male designers. Still, as Nathalie Lorson reminds us, “Back in the 80s, when I decided to become a designer, there weren’t many women entering the profession.”
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Germaine Cellier (1909-1976) was one of the first female perfumers. Among other scents, we owe her ‘Vent Vert’ (Balmain, 1945) and Bandit (Piguet, 1944)
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Six designers, six portraits
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Three of the designers we interviewed live and work in the United States, the other three in Paris. Three of them have founded their own fragrance companies, the others design for other companies. Discover the portraits of six very different women, and six endearing, sometimes entertaining, always inspired points of view about fragrance. |
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Sarah Horowitz Thran |
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‘My signature? I tend to favor the things that I love…’
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Ineke Rühland |
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‘I’d hope for perfumers to get out in front of the curtain as creators…’
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Clara Molloy |
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‘I appreciate fragility, the cracks, charcoal sketches…’
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Annie Buzantian |
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Wearing fragrance should be something bold, a signature statement….’
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