Ellen Molner is a Vice President and Executive Perfumer at Givaudan with more than three decades of experience, having also worked with IFF, Haarmann & Reimer, Mane, and Quest International.
A graduate of the Roure Bertrand Dupont program at the Givaudan Perfumery School, she has created fragrances for Avon, Calvin Klein, Guess, Jennifer Lopez, and Ralph Lauren, and in 2009 received the American Society of Perfumers' Lifetime Achievement Award.
1999DKNY WomenDonna Karan
2006Polo Double BlackRalph Lauren
2009CK FreeCalvin Klein
2010Azure LimeTom Ford
2010Big Pony 2Ralph LaurenA long, versatile portfolio across mass and prestige fragrance, recognized with the industry's top lifetime honor.
Scentsation editorialFragrances credited to Ellen in our catalog, by house.
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
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
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