Leslie Hendin, born in 1986 in Hong Kong and raised in Marin County, California, is a San Francisco-based art director and self-taught perfumer.
StudiedShe holds an MA in Communication Design and a BA in Graphic Design, and led creative work for brands including Vintner's Daughter before meeting Alissa Sullivan (ISIPCA-trained) while studying at Central Saint Martins. The two bonded over a shared fragrance obsession and co-founded the fragrance house Liis.
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