Patricia's story
The story
She joined the Symrise Studio in New York in 2013, working across specialty brands like Victoria's Secret as well as prestige and niche labels, and won her first Fifi Award in 2004 for the original Celine Dion fragrance.
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"I was destined to be a perfumer"
Patricia
Bilodeau
"I was destined to be a perfumer"Patricia Bilodeau found her calling as a teenager working a summer job in a fragrance lab in New York, later formalizing her training through an apprenticeship at Florasynth before moving to Dragoco and then Créations Aromatiques, which became Symrise.
- House
- Symrise
- Earliest in our catalog
- Red Roses, 2001
- In our catalog
- 5 fragrances · 4 houses
The career
Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.2001–2019, in bottles
2001Red RosesJo Malone London
2002Tommy Summer Cologne 2002Tommy Hilfiger
2003Tommy JeansTommy Hilfiger
2019Flora MortisAllsaints
2019Sunflowers Sunlit ShowersElizabeth ArdenLaunches per year, 2001–2019Peak: 2 in 2019
20012019
In their own words
How Patricia works
Signature
Imaginative, everyday-inspired compositions that translate clients' ideas into scent.
Scentsation editorialWho Patricia composes for
4 houses, one hand
Fragrances credited to Patricia in our catalog, by house.
Tommy Hilfiger2
Allsaints1
Elizabeth Arden1
Jo Malone London1
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