Maurice Roucel is a master perfumer at Symrise whose prolific career spans five decades and hundreds of fragrances.
“It is a tool for perfumers only. But we finish on the skin.”
Maurice Roucel · CaFleureBon interview
Born in Saint-Girons in the French Pyrenees, he is celebrated for his ability to create scents of extraordinary sensuality — compositions that caress the skin and linger in memory. His masterpieces include Guerlain's Insolence, Lancôme's Trésor Midnight, and the landmark 24 Faubourg for Hermès. Roucel works with an almost musical sensibility, building fragrances in waves of tension and release.
199524 FaubourgHermès
1999Man RochasRochas
2000Musc RavageurFrederic Malle
2003L'Instant de GuerlainGuerlain
2004DKNY Be DeliciousDonna Karan
2006Nautica VoyageNautica
2006InsolenceGuerlain
2006L de Lolita LempickaLolita LempickaLuxurious sensuality. Roucel's fragrances are designed to be felt as much as smelled — they have a physical presence, a warmth that wraps around the wearer like an embrace. He is a master of musks, ambers, and rich florals.
Scentsation editorialFragrances credited to Maurice in our catalog, by house.
Nautica · 2006Nautica Voyage20,598 ratings · ★ 3.8902Donna Karan · 2004DKNY Be Delicious17,610 ratings · ★ 3.6503Frederic Malle · 2000Musc Ravageur10,527 ratings · ★ 4.1904Guerlain · 2003L'Instant de Guerlain8,229 ratings · ★ 4.0705Guerlain · 2006Insolence8,111 ratings · ★ 3.7806Lolita Lempicka · 2006L de Lolita Lempicka7,336 ratings · ★ 4.13
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
Sources · CaFleureBon interview · Wikipedia · Fragrance credits and counts from Scentsation's catalog
