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Ane
Ayo

A pharmacist's turn toward perfume

Ane Ayo is a Paris-based perfumer who grew up in Bilbao, Spain, and later studied in the United Kingdom before working in France — a path that taught her to draw on many different sources of inspiration.

Trained
Grasse Institute of Perfumery
House
dsm-firmenich
Earliest in our catalog
Aqua Kenzo pour Homme, 2018
In our catalog
22 fragrances · 12 houses
Ane's story

The story

She initially studied pharmacy before a newspaper article about master perfumer Alberto Morillas redirected her toward fragrance; she went on to earn an MBA in perfume and fashion management and to study at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery. She now works for Firmenich, having also worked with Mane, and finds particular inspiration in Japan and in Menorca, where her flower-themed collection The Flower Shop takes shape. Her work includes A Drop d'Issey for Issey Miyake, Scandal Le Parfum for Jean Paul Gaultier, and Voile d'Ocre for Yves Rocher.

In their own words

How Ane works

Signature

Fragrances shaped by travel and a painter's sensibility, often built around a single thematic thread such as a flower or a place.

Scentsation editorial
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 22 fragrances
Who Ane composes for

12 houses, one hand

Fragrances credited to Ane in our catalog, by house.

Zara3
Issey Miyake3
Bentley2
Jean Paul Gaultier2
Chloé2
Lacoste Fragrances2
Kenzo2
+ 5 more houses
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