Françoise Caron is a perfumer born in Grasse, France in 1949, into a family involved in the raw materials trade, and one of the few women in the perfumery industry at the time she trained at the Roure Bertrand Dupont Perfumery School.
In 1975 she moved to Paris to work for Roure, later Givaudan Roure, and she is the sister of perfumer Olivier Cresp. Over her career she has worked with houses including Armani, Azzaro, Hermès, Kenzo, Le Labo, and Valentino, creating fragrances such as Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile, Giorgio Armani Giò, and Valentino Rock'n Rose; she now works for Takasago.
1985Le 3e Homme de CaronCaron
1988KenzoKenzo
1992GioGiorgio Armani
1997Ca Sent BeauKenzo
2004Echo WomanDavidoff
2006Acqua di Parma Iris NobileAcqua di Parma
2006Rock'n RoseValentino
2006Fleur d'Oranger 27Le LaboAttentive, nature-capturing compositions built from decades of training in the traditional Grasse method.
Scentsation editorialFragrances credited to Françoise in our catalog, by house.
Acqua di Parma · 2006Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile1,941 ratings · ★ 4.0002Davidoff · 2004Echo Woman1,584 ratings · ★ 3.8303Giorgio Armani · 1992Gio1,562 ratings · ★ 4.2804Valentino · 2006Rock'n Rose1,547 ratings · ★ 3.6605Kenzo · 1997Ca Sent Beau1,378 ratings · ★ 3.9306Caron · 1985Le 3e Homme de Caron1,262 ratings · ★ 4.32
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