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Cécile
Matton

Africa's heat, distilled into fragrance

Cécile Matton is a senior perfumer at Mane who previously worked with IFF and Givaudan.

House
Mane
Earliest in our catalog
Les Belles de Ricci Delice d'Epices, 1999
In our catalog
47 fragrances · 16 houses
Cécile's story

The story

Raised in Africa, where the heat intensified the scents around her, she began mixing fragrances as a teenager using essences from Pier Import shops in France before pursuing perfumery professionally. Her portfolio includes YSL Baby Doll, Valentino Gold, and Viktor & Rolf Bonbon, alongside Élégance Animale from the Lalique Noir Premier Collection, praised as one of the most animalic fragrances in its category. She typically works on ten to twenty perfumes at once and favors nutmeg and the green chypre accord.

In their own words

How Cécile works

Signature

Bold, animalic compositions built around a love of nutmeg and green chypre accords.

Scentsation editorial
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 47 fragrances
Who Cécile composes for

16 houses, one hand

Fragrances credited to Cécile in our catalog, by house.

Giorgio Armani14
Viktor&Rolf11
Etat Libre d'Orange4
Dolce&Gabbana2
Nina Ricci2
Yves Saint Laurent2
Chloé2
+ 9 more houses
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