Philippe's story
The story
He spent many years as a perfumer at Takasago, creating fragrances including Adidas Ice Dive, and now works at Quintessence Paris.
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Philippe
Bousseton
Philippe Bousseton, from a family of perfumers, knew at age five that he wanted to become a perfumer; his first creation was Tsar by Van Cleef & Arpels.
- House
- Takasago
- Earliest in our catalog
- Tsar, 1989
- In our catalog
- 8 fragrances · 3 houses
The career
Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.1989–2019, in bottles
1989TsarVan Cleef & Arpels
2014Davidoff Cool Water Man Coral Reef EditionDavidoff
2018Cool Water Caribbean Summer EditionDavidoff
2019Mesmerising Oudh Accord & Gold Eau de ParfumMolton BrownLaunches per year, 1989–2019Peak: 1 in 1989
19892019
In their own words
How Philippe works
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 8 fragrances
Who Philippe composes for
3 houses, one hand
Fragrances credited to Philippe in our catalog, by house.
Davidoff6
Van Cleef & Arpels1
Molton Brown1
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