Courtney's story
The story
She is also half of the house Gumamina with friend Marissa Zappas, and serves as in-house perfumer for Eleasium in Paris.
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Courtney
Rafuse
Courtney Rafuse, a self-taught Canadian perfumer, has run her brand Universal Flowering since 2016, gaining a cult following for a dreamy, synesthetic approach that blends scent with texture, color, and sound, and collaborates with visual artists, designers, and novelists.
- House
- Universal Flowering
- Earliest in our catalog
- Odette, 2023
- In our catalog
- 3 fragrances · 2 houses
Who Courtney composes for
2 houses, one hand
Fragrances credited to Courtney in our catalog, by house.
Gumamina2
Universal Flowering1
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The composer of light
Francis Kurkdjian
Radiant luminosity and ethereal transparency. Kurkdjian's fragrances glow — they possess an inner light that makes them feel both airy and profound. His palette favors ambroxan, saffron, and delicate florals, composed with a musician's instinct for harmony.
234 creations
The architect of Chanel
Jacques Polge
Refined elegance and measured sophistication. Polge's compositions for Chanel embodied the house's aesthetic — never too much, never too little, always precisely right. His fragrances have the quiet authority of impeccable tailoring.
76 creations
The dynasty continues
Olivier Creed
Noble materials and classical structure. Creed fragrances are built around the finest natural ingredients — ambergris, royal water, hand-selected musks — composed in the traditional infusion method that has defined the house for centuries.
54 creations
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