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Isabelle
Doyen

Tenderness, tuberose, and Turtle Vetiver

Isabelle Doyen is a French perfumer who spent much of her childhood in Tahiti, where her scientist father sparked her love of exotic scents and tropical flowers.

Trained
ISIPCA
House
Annick Goutal, Les Nez
Earliest in our catalog
Heure Exquise, 1984
In our catalog
45 fragrances · 2 houses
Isabelle's story

The story

She graduated from ISIPCA in 1982, later collaborating with her former professor Monique Schlienger before meeting Annick Goutal in 1985, beginning a partnership that produced most of the beloved Goutal line, including Eau d'Hadrien and Petite Chérie; she has continued with the house alongside Goutal's daughter Camille since Annick's death. She is also a founding contributor to the Swiss label Les Nez, known for the Turtle Vetiver series, and teaches olfactory training at ISIPCA, favoring materials including rose essence, estragon, galbanum, and Hedione.

The career

1984–2020, in bottles

Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.
Launches per year, 1984–2020Peak: 4 in 2007
19842020
In their own words

How Isabelle works

Signature

Tender, humane compositions that dishevel and intrigue without ever becoming overpowering, built around unconventional ingredient pairings.

Scentsation editorial
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 45 fragrances
Who Isabelle composes for

2 houses, one hand

Fragrances credited to Isabelle in our catalog, by house.

Goutal44
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