Chiaki's story
The story
She joined IFF New York as a perfumer in 2008, has lived in six countries across four continents, and is known for minimalist formulas favoring woods like vetiver and cedarwood, creating fragrances for Bath & Body Works.
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Chiaki
Nomura
Chiaki Nomura, who grew up in Japan, studied pharmacy in Tokyo before earning a master's in cosmetics and fragrances at ISIPCA in Versailles and the University of Plymouth in England.
- Trained
- ISIPCA
- House
- IFF
- Earliest in our catalog
- Hinoki in Hinoki, 2022
- In our catalog
- 2 fragrances · 2 houses
Who Chiaki composes for
2 houses, one hand
Fragrances credited to Chiaki in our catalog, by house.
Scents of Wood1
Zoologist Perfumes1
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