Céline Ellena is a perfumer born and raised in Grasse into a family of noses — her grandfather, father, and uncle were all perfumers — who made her first attempt at composing a fragrance from olives, flowers, and mint at age six.
She trained at ISIPCA in Versailles and worked at Haarmann & Reimer, Symrise, and Charabot before taking over from her father, Jean-Claude Ellena, as the perfumer for The Different Company, where she created Sublime Balkiss, Pure eVe, De Bachmakov, and Sel de Vetiver. She credits her family's tradition of smelling everything — from food to earth — with training her olfactory instincts from an early age.
2005Jasmin de NuitThe Different Company
2006Sel de VetiverThe Different Company
2008Sublime BalkissThe Different Company
2009Oriental LoungeThe Different Company
2010De BachmakovThe Different Company
2011Pure eVeThe Different Company
2019Bana BananaL'Artisan Parfumeur
2022Figuier NoirHoubigantDistinctive, timeless compositions shaped by a childhood where smelling everything, from soap-clean patchouli to rose, was second nature.
Scentsation editorialFragrances credited to Céline in our catalog, by house.
The Different Company · 2008Sublime Balkiss1,658 ratings · ★ 3.9802The Different Company · 2011Pure eVe1,264 ratings · ★ 4.0103The Different Company · 2010De Bachmakov763 ratings · ★ 4.0704The Different Company · 2006Sel de Vetiver748 ratings · ★ 4.1105L'Artisan Parfumeur · 2019Bana Banana686 ratings · ★ 3.9406The Different Company · 2009Oriental Lounge637 ratings · ★ 3.98
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