Marie's story
The story
In 2002 she founded her own fragrance creation company, MD Fragrances, and today she also serves as a Senior Perfumer at Givaudan, working with brands including Molinard, Nobile 1942, Le Galion, and Maison Tahité.
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Nurturing the olfactory memory
Marie
Duchêne
Nurturing the olfactory memoryMarie Duchêne knew from childhood that she wanted to be a perfumer. Born in 1973 and raised in the Reims region of France, she studied chemistry before entering ISIPCA in Versailles in 1994, then apprenticed with perfume houses in Grasse.
- Trained
- ISIPCA
- House
- Givaudan, MD Fragrances
- Earliest in our catalog
- Ambra Nobile, 2000
- In our catalog
- 29 fragrances · 3 houses
The career
Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.2000–2022, in bottles
2000Ambra NobileNobile 1942
2005PontevecchioNobile 1942
2006Anonimo VenezianoNobile 1942
2009Casta DivaNobile 1942
2009Pontevecchio WNobile 1942
2009Patchouli NobileNobile 1942
2012VanillaThe Body Shop
2014Sortilege (2014)Le GalionLaunches per year, 2000–2022Peak: 6 in 2011
20002022
In their own words
How Marie works
Signature
A craftswoman's attentiveness to raw materials, built on a belief in constantly nurturing one's olfactory memory.
Scentsation editorialThe paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 29 fragrances
Who Marie composes for
3 houses, one hand
Fragrances credited to Marie in our catalog, by house.
Nobile 194223
Le Galion5
The Body Shop1
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Six to smell first
See all 29 fragrances →Ranked by how many people have rated them
01The Body Shop · 2012Vanilla788 ratings · ★ 3.9202Nobile 1942 · 2009Casta Diva413 ratings · ★ 3.9203Nobile 1942 · 2000Ambra Nobile384 ratings · ★ 4.1604Nobile 1942 · 2009Pontevecchio W380 ratings · ★ 4.0605Nobile 1942 · 2009Patchouli Nobile337 ratings · ★ 4.1406Nobile 1942 · 2006Anonimo Veneziano336 ratings · ★ 4.06
The Body Shop · 2012Vanilla788 ratings · ★ 3.9202Nobile 1942 · 2009Casta Diva413 ratings · ★ 3.9203Nobile 1942 · 2000Ambra Nobile384 ratings · ★ 4.1604Nobile 1942 · 2009Pontevecchio W380 ratings · ★ 4.0605Nobile 1942 · 2009Patchouli Nobile337 ratings · ★ 4.1406Nobile 1942 · 2006Anonimo Veneziano336 ratings · ★ 4.06Discover
Artists in Conversation
The composer of light
Francis Kurkdjian
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
The architect of Chanel
Jacques Polge
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
The dynasty continues
Olivier Creed
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
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