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Luca
Maffei

Raised on lab samples, trained in Grasse

Luca Maffei is an Italian perfumer and the creative force behind Atelier Fragranze Milano, born to fragrance executive Marco Maffei, whose work at Symrise and IFF exposed young Luca to lab samples and perfumers including Dominique Ropion and Michel Almairac.

Trained
Roure Bertrand Dupont
House
Atelier Fragranze Milano
Earliest in our catalog
Patchouli, 1975
In our catalog
50 fragrances · 16 houses
Luca's story

The story

After starting on the business side of the industry, he traveled to Grasse to study under Madame Françoise Marin, former director of the Roure perfumery school, apprenticed with Vincent Ricord, and trained under master perfumer Maurizio Cerizza, whose encouragement led him to a top-five finish in The Scent of Excellence contest at Esxence with Iris Magnifica. Since launching Atelier Fragranze Milano and joining the Société Française des Parfumeurs in 2014, he has created more than fifty perfumes, including Acca Kappa's Black Pepper & Sandalwood and JUL ET MAD Paris's Néa, both Art and Olfaction Award winners.

In their own words

How Luca works

Signature

Versatile, Italian-inflected compositions built on a childhood fascination with raw materials and fragrance's underlying alchemy.

Scentsation editorial
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 50 fragrances
Who Luca composes for

16 houses, one hand

Fragrances credited to Luca in our catalog, by house.

Houbigant15
Carthusia9
Salum Parfums6 of them since 20236
Mendittorosa4
Histoires de Parfums3
Rance 17952
Trussardi2
+ 9 more houses
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