Julien Rasquinet’s life took a decisive turn when his father met nose extraordinaire Pierre Bourdon, by accident in an airport.
Rasquinet who didn’t know anything about perfumery beyond his own passion for it, called Bourdon, who decided to take him instead of thousands of other candidates to be his last student, and bare his legacy, as Edmond Roudnitska had done with him. Call it perfumer’s intuition.
2011Royal OudCreed
2012Bois d'AsceseNaomi Goodsir
2014Russian TeaMasque Milano
2018Rose RougeVan Cleef & Arpels
2019The MoonFrederic Malle
2020EnclaveAmouage
2020Tabac RoseBDK Parfums
2023Wulong Cha XNishaneFragrances credited to Julien in our catalog, by house.
Creed · 2011Royal Oud5,907 ratings · ★ 4.3502Amouage · 2020Enclave2,648 ratings · ★ 4.1503Masque Milano · 2014Russian Tea2,225 ratings · ★ 4.1904Nishane · 2023Wulong Cha X2,148 ratings · ★ 4.3505Frederic Malle · 2019The Moon1,936 ratings · ★ 4.2506BDK Parfums · 2020Tabac Rose1,686 ratings · ★ 4.04
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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.
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