Maurice Roucel. Photo: Guillaume Luisetti.
Maurice Roucel is a contemporary French
perfumer
A perfumer is an expert on creating perfume compositions, sometimes referred to affectionately as a ''nose'' (French: ''nez'') due to their fine sense of smell and skill in producing olfactory compositions. The perfumer is effectively an artist w ...
who has worked at the companies IFF, Quest, Dragoco and presently
Symrise
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. Roucel began his career in perfumery on February 19, 1973, while working as the head chromatography chemist at
Chanel
Chanel ( , ) is a French high-end luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris. Chanel specializes in women's ready-to-wear, luxury goods, and accessories and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear. Chanel i ...
for 6 years. He commenced his apprenticeship under
Henri Robert, Chanel's house perfumer at the time. He joined
Quest International and for 12 years developed his craft as a perfumer before switching to work for Symrise in 1996. Most of the fragrances composed by Roucel have his signature scent of ''
Michelia longifolia''.
He was also the winner of various accolades in the fragrance industry including the
Prix François Coty
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in 2002, and the French and American
FiFi
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Arts and entertainment
* Fifi (''Better Call Saul''), an episode of the TV show
* Fifi, a ''Beverly Hills Teens'' character
* Fifi (Peanuts), a love interest of Snoopy
* Fifi La Fume, in ''Tiny Toon Adventures''
* Fifi the ...
as well as the French "Oscar des Parfums" Awards.
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List of creations
Maurice Roucel has created perfumes including:
* Envy for Gucci
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1997
* 24 Faubourg for Hermès
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1995
* Iris Silver Mist for Serge Lutens
Serge Lutens (born 14 March 1942 in Lille, France) is a French fashion designer, perfume creator, photographer, filmmaker and hair stylist.
Career
At fourteen, Lutens was taken on as an apprentice by a hair salon in Lille, a period which he de ...
1994
* K de Krizia 1981
* Tocade for Rochas
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* L'Instant de Guerlain for Guerlain 2004
* Insolence for Guerlain 2005
* L'Instant Magic for Guerlain
* L'Instant Fleur de Mandarine for Guerlain
* Helmut Lang Helmut Lang may refer to:
* Helmut Lang (artist) (born 1956), Austrian-born fashion designer and artist
* Helmut Lang (athlete) (born 1940), Austrian Olympic sprinter
* Helmut Lang (fashion brand)
The Helmut Lang fashion brand was created by ...
Eau de Parfum 2000
* Helmut Lang Eau de Cologne 2000
* Hypnose Homme for Lancôme
Lancôme () is a French luxury perfumes and cosmetics house that distributes products internationally. Lancôme is part of the L'Oréal Luxury Products division, which is its parent company and offers luxury skin care, fragrances, and makeu ...
2007
* Le Labo Jasmine 17 2006
* Le Labo Labdanum 18 2006
*Reminiscence Jammin
*Roberto Cavalli
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2002
*Roberto Cavalli Oro 2004
*R de Revillon 1995
*Irium Pour Homme Fabergé 1996
*Hunca Asimetri Eau de Parfum
*Samba Unzipped by the Perfumer's Workshop LTD
*Eros Homme by Tristano Onofri
* Musc Ravageur for Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle 2000
* Nautica Voyage 2006
*Nautica Voyage Island
*Kiton Black for Kiton 2007
*DKNY
DKNY is a New York City–based fashion house for men and women, founded in 1984 by Donna Karan.
History
Karan worked for 15 years at Anne Klein, including 10 as its head designer. In 1984 Karan and her late husband Stephan Weiss were offered t ...
Be Delicious
*DKNY Be Delicious Charmingly
*DKNY Red Delicious
*DKNY Red Delicious Charmingly
*Missoni
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History Early beginnings
The business was founded in 1953, when Ot ...
1981
*Missoni Aqua
*Celine Dion
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Sensational
*L de Lolita Lempicka 2006
*Fleur de Corail Lolita Lempicka
*Castelbajac de Jean Charles de Castelbajac
*Dunhill Fresh for Men
* Dunhill Desire for Women
*Ellen Tracy Imagine 2003
*Mac Vanilla
*Ispahan by Yves Rocher 1982
*Rochas Man by Rochas
Rochas is a fashion, beauty, and perfume house founded in 1925 by French designer Marcel Rochas, the first designer of 2/3-length coats and skirts with pockets and one of the two designers, along with Elsa Schiaparelli, who launched the fashion fo ...
1999
*Monsoon by Parfums Monsoon 1994
*Pleasures Intense for Men by Estee Lauder,
* Kenzo Air 2003
*Lalique
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pour Homme 1997
*Shalini by Shalini 2004
* Guess? (reformulation) 2005
* GF Ferre Lei for Women
*Bogart pour Homme by Jacques Bogart
*Jaguar Woman by Pardis 2004
*Gai Mattiolo Man 1998
*TL pour Lui in collaboration with Norbert Bijaoui for Ted Lapidus 2003
*Strenesse by Gabriele Strehle 1999
*Bond No. 9
Bond No. 9 is an American, New York-based perfume house launched in 2003 by Laurice Rahmé. The products are for both men and women.
Geography
Bond No. 9 has 5 eponymous boutiques in New York and is also sold at Saks Fifth Avenue, Harrods, Bloo ...
Broadway Nite 2003
*Bond No. 9 New Haarlem 2003
*Bond No. 9 Riverside Drive 2003
*Lyra Alain Delon 1993
*Colbalt pour Homme by Parera
*Marc Jacobs
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Orange
* Adidas Sport for Men 1994
*Adidas Vitality for Women 2008
*Plaisir de Parfums Lorebat Gal (Spain)
*We're For Men Shiseido
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*We're For Women Shiseido
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* BCBG Star Girl
*Sport by Wilkinson and Sword
*Impressions C'est Mysterieux
*Ulric de Varens No. 2 UDV 1997
*Tisbe by Natura
*Eau de Coty Eau de Cologne Fresh
*HF Kanebo (Japan)
*Pursence by Mondi
*Princesse Charlotte de Sedan
*Laura Mercier Neroli
*I Coloniali Essenza alla Peonia by Atkinsons
*Max Factor Royal Regiment
*Samurai by Oriflame
*Urban Homme for David Beckham
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2013
*Un Monde Nouveau
*White Fluid
*So Chic
*Cherry Cherie
*Satin Instinct
*Ariane Inden
*Actuality Eau de Parfum
*Le Deux No. 2 Latour
*Les Eaux Gourmandes Orage Eau de Toilette by Carla
*Octee No. 4
*Extase for Men by Royal Sanders
*Amance by Royal Sanders
*Country for Men by Ellen Betrix
* Guerlain Candle Bois des Indes
*Guerlain Candle Pivoine
*Dans tes Bras (2008) for Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle
*Luminata for Avon
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* River Avon (disambiguation), several rivers
Organisations
*Avon Buses, a bus operating company in Wirral, England
*Avon Coachworks, a car body builder established in 1919 at Warwick, England, relaunched in 1922, following ...
*Amorem Rose by Shalini 2018
*Jardin Nocturne by Shalini 2017
*Paradis Provence by Shalini 2019
*A Blvd. Called Sunset for What We Do Is Secret 2020
*Uncut Gem for Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle 2022
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
French perfumers
Living people