Martin Gras trained in Analytical Chemistry in Amsterdam before joining the Roure Bertrand Dupont School, where he developed his expertise in chromatography, then began his career at Dragoco (later part of Symrise).
Benetton HotHis mid-1980s creations — Pierre Cardin's Bleu Marine, Ted Lapidus Pour Homme, and Cerruti 1881 Pour Homme — became bestsellers in men's perfumery. In 1998 he composed his best-known work, Vivienne Westwood's Boudoir, followed by Libertine in 2000, before returning to fragrance after a hiatus with Bogner's Sports Team 36.
Confident, commercially attuned men's compositions that defined an era of French and Italian designer fragrance.
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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