Olivier Polge is a French perfumer. He is the house perfumer for
Chanel and has created fragrances including Misia, Boy, and Chanel's
No. 5 L’eau.
Polge's father is perfumer
Jacques Polge, who served as Chanel's perfumer for 37 years.
When Polge was a child, he wanted to be a classical music pianist, but was not a "good pianist."
Polge became an intern at Chanel while studying art history. He worked for International Flavours and Fragrances, where he co-created
Dior Homme
Dior Homme is the menswear division of Christian Dior SA, the French clothing retailer. Dior Men has been under the creative direction of Kim Jones since spring/summer 2019. It had been directed by Hedi Slimane since the fall/winter 2001-02 seaso ...
and
Viktor and Rolf
Viktor & Rolf is a Dutch avant-garde luxury fashion house founded in 1993 by Viktor Horsting (born 1969, Geldrop) and Rolf Snoeren (born 1969, Dongen). For more than twenty years, Viktor & Rolf have sought to challenge preconceptions of fashion an ...
's Flowerbomb. In 2013, Polge became a perfumer at Chanel. His father retired in 2015, and Polge took over as head perfumer.
With the beginning of 2022 Zoe Magazine present the new fragrance for men BLEU DE CHANEL, created by Olivier Polge in collaboration with Laboratoire Parfums
CHANEL. The face of this project involve
Marco Castellinot only as a model but also as a designer as represented in his precious bicolor tailored garments.
References
Chanel people
French perfumers
Living people
1974 births
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