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 wh ...

who has worked at the companies IFF, Quest, Dragoco and presently Symrise. 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 is ...

for 6 years. He commenced his apprenticeship under

Henri Robert Henri Robert (1899, Grasse – 1987) is a French perfumer and chemist, he is best known for his role as Chief Perfumer at Les Parfums Chanel from 1953 to 1978. Early life and career Robert's father, Joseph Robert, was the Chief Perfumer at Chiri ...

, Chanel's house perfumer at the time. He joined

Quest International Quest International was a major producer of flavors, fragrances and food ingredients with sales of £560 million in 2005 before its acquisition by rival Givaudan. Quest created and marketed flavours and fragrance concepts and solutions for the fa ...

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 in 2002, and the French and American FiFi as well as the French "Oscar des Parfums" Awards.

List of creations

Maurice Roucel has created perfumes including: * Envy for

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1997 * 24 Faubourg for

Hermès Hermès International S.A., or simply Hermès ( , ), is a French luxury design house established in 1837. It specializes in leather goods, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewelry, watches and ready-to-wear. Its logo, since ...

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 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 ...

* L'Instant de Guerlain for

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2004 * Insolence for Guerlain 2005 * L'Instant Magic for Guerlain * L'Instant Fleur de Mandarine for Guerlain *

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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 makeup at ...

2007 *

Le Labo Le Labo (French language, French: "the lab") is an Estée Lauder perfume brand based in New York City. The Le Labo "Manifesto" states that "the future of luxury ..lies in craftsmanship" and includes a line from Hafez, Hafiz and mentions of Wa ...

Jasmine 17 2006 * Le Labo Labdanum 18 2006 *Reminiscence Jammin *

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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 Nautica is an American apparel brand of Authentic Brands Group featuring primarily men's, women's, children's apparel and accessories, as well as home, watches, and fragrance. Nautica was founded in 1983 by clothing designer David Chu and a par ...

Voyage 2006 *Nautica Voyage Island *Kiton Black for

Kiton Kiton is an Italian luxury clothing company founded by Ciro Paone in 1968. As of 2019, Kiton operates 54 monobrand stores worldwide. Its slogan is “''Il meglio del meglio più uno''“: the best of the best plus one. History Kiton was foun ...

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 *

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1981 *Missoni Aqua *

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Sensational *L de Lolita Lempicka 2006 *Fleur de Corail

Lolita Lempicka Lolita Lempicka (real name Josiane Maryse Pividal in Bordeaux, 1954) is a French fashion designer and perfumer. Early life An admirer of her mother's work as a seamstress, Lolita Lempicka dressed Barbie dolls herself at the age of six; ...

*Castelbajac de Jean Charles de Castelbajac *Dunhill Fresh for Men * Dunhill Desire for Women *Ellen Tracy Imagine 2003 *Mac Vanilla *Ispahan by

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1982 *Rochas Man by

1999 *Monsoon by Parfums Monsoon 1994 *Pleasures Intense for Men by Estee Lauder, *

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Air 2003 *

Lalique Lalique is a French glassmaker, founded by renowned glassmaker and jeweller René Lalique in 1888. Lalique is best known for producing glass art, including perfume bottles, vases, and hood ornaments during the early twentieth century. Following t ...

pour Homme 1997 *Shalini by Shalini 2004 *

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(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

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2003 *Strenesse by Gabriele Strehle 1999 * Bond No. 9 Broadway Nite 2003 *Bond No. 9 New Haarlem 2003 *Bond No. 9 Riverside Drive 2003 *Lyra Alain Delon 1993 *Colbalt pour Homme by Parera *

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Orange *

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Sport for Men 1994 *Adidas Vitality for Women 2008 *Plaisir de Parfums Lorebat Gal (Spain) *We're For Men

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*We're For Women

* 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

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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 *

Candle Bois des Indes *Guerlain Candle Pivoine *Dans tes Bras (2008) for Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle *Luminata for Avon *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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