Akiko Kamei

Akiko Kamei, originally trained as a dietician in Kōchi, Japan, developed a passion for French culture and moved to France, securing an internship at Roure in Grasse in the early 1970s alongside future colleagues Pierre Bourdon, Édouard Fléchier, and Michel Almairac. After a decade in Grasse, Jean Amic invited her to join Roure's Paris creative team, where she went on to compose Parfum d'Hermès (1984, with Raymond Chaillan), Caron Troisième Homme, Diptyque Oyedo, and L'Artisan Parfumeur's Mûre et Musc.