In this essay, Mathilde Laurent talks with talent, precision and humor about her job as a perfumer in an exceptional house.
She introduces us to a profession based on rigor, calculations and formulas, countless tests and experiments. A responsible profession, given the precious, rare and sometimes even dangerous substances handled.
A profession that has also become rare, with only three major houses still employing perfumers.
We can only dream that this know-how will not die out for lack of craftsmen. What if tomorrow we were no longer capable of creating and even preserving the greatest perfumes?
After working for Guerlain in Paris from 1994 to 2005, Mathilde Laurent became a perfumer for Cartier, where she created customized fragrances.
In 2010, she won the specialists’ prize and the perfumers’ prize at the Grand Prix du Parfum 2010, for Treizième Heure fragrance. In 2013, she was honored by French perfume enthusiasts at the Olfactorama 2012, where Déclaration d’un Soir won the Grand Masculin 2012 award. Among her other creations: Pamplelune or Shalimar Light (Guerlain), Roadster, Cartier de Lune, Baiser Volé or La Panthère (Cartier).
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