Annick Ménardo is a contemporary
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 for the fragrance firm
Firmenich
Firmenich SA is a private Swiss company in the fragrance and flavor business. It is the largest privately owned company in the field and ranks number two worldwide. Firmenich has created perfumes for over 125 years and produced a number of well- ...
since 1991.
Education
Ménardo has a background in
biochemistry
Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology ...
and medicine. She studied perfumery and is a graduate of the French perfume academy
ISIPCA
ISIPCA (''Institut supérieur international du parfum, de la cosmétique et de l'aromatique alimentaire'') is a French school for post-graduate studies in perfume, cosmetics products and food flavor formulation, with an apprenticeship period in ...
. She was mentored by Michel Almairac while working at Créations Aromatiques, and her early work is influenced by his style.
Career
Ménardo worked with
sculptor
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...
Nobi Shioya in his /7S/
olfactory art
Olfactory art is an art form that uses scents as a medium. Olfactory art includes perfume as well as other applications of scent.
The art form has been a recognized genre since at least 1980. Marcel Duchamp was one of the first artists who pi ...
installation. She created the scent for the sculpture "Anger". Nobi said she was easily assigned to the piece "because (she) is always angry."
Works

Annick Ménardo has created
perfume
Perfume (, ; french: parfum) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. ...
s including:
Annick Ménardo
*Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin, Lolita Lempicka
Lolita Lempicka (real name Josiane Maryse Pividal in Bordeaux, 1954) is a French people, 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 ...
*Body Kouros, Yves Saint Laurent
*Hypnotic Poison, Christian Dior
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* Bois d'Argent, Christian Dior
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*Boss Bottled, Hugo Boss
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*Black, Bvlgari
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While the majority of design, production and marketing is overseen and exe ...
*Lolita Lempicka, Lolita Lempicka
Lolita Lempicka (real name Josiane Maryse Pividal in Bordeaux, 1954) is a French people, 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 ...
*Gaiac 10, Le Labo
*Patchouli 24, Le Labo
*Bois d'Armenie, Guerlain
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*Altikä, Yves Rocher
Yves Rocher (7 April 1930 – 26 December 2009) was a French businessman and founder of the cosmetics company that bears his name. He was a pioneer of the modern use of natural ingredients in cosmetics..
Early life
Yves Rocher was born in the ...
*Comme une Evidence Femme, Yves Rocher
Yves Rocher (7 April 1930 – 26 December 2009) was a French businessman and founder of the cosmetics company that bears his name. He was a pioneer of the modern use of natural ingredients in cosmetics..
Early life
Yves Rocher was born in the ...
*Miracle So Magic, Lancôme
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*Fuel For Life, Diesel
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* Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine ...
*Jaïpur Homme, Boucheron
Boucheron () is a French luxury jewellery and watches house located in Paris, 26 Place Vendôme, owned by Kering.
History
At the origins
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*Visit, Loris Azzaro
Loris Azzaro (9 February 1933 – 20 November 2003) was a French-Italian fashion designer. He rose to prominence in the 1960s with his flamboyant dresses and he went on to become well known for his perfumes.
Life and career
Loris Azzaro was born ...
*Red, Lacoste
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*Moment de Bonheur, Yves Rocher
Yves Rocher (7 April 1930 – 26 December 2009) was a French businessman and founder of the cosmetics company that bears his name. He was a pioneer of the modern use of natural ingredients in cosmetics..
Early life
Yves Rocher was born in the ...
*Rose Oud, Yves Rocher
Yves Rocher (7 April 1930 – 26 December 2009) was a French businessman and founder of the cosmetics company that bears his name. He was a pioneer of the modern use of natural ingredients in cosmetics..
Early life
Yves Rocher was born in the ...
*Xeryus Rouge, Givenchy
Givenchy (, ) is a French luxury fashion and perfume house. It hosts the brand of haute couture and ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics of Parfums Givenchy. The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de ...
*Sports Car Club, Penhaligon's
Penhaligon's is a British perfume house. It was founded in the late 1860s by William Henry Penhaligon, a Cornish barber who moved to London and who became Court Barber and Perfumer to Queen Victoria.
History
Penhaligon's started life as a barb ...
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
French perfumers
Living people
Olfactory art
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