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Randa
Hammami

Damascus to Paris, East meets West

Born to a Syrian father and French mother, Randa Hammami spent her early years in Damascus and Atlanta before settling in Paris in 1986, a multicultural upbringing that shaped her approach to fragrance.

House
Symrise
Earliest in our catalog
L'Instant Magic, 2007
In our catalog
11 fragrances · 5 houses
Randa's story

The story

She rose to Senior Perfumer at Symrise, producing bestsellers and exclusive collections for Guerlain, including Cruel Gardénia, alongside Amouage Epic Man and Van Cleef & Arpels' Orchidée Vanille. She has also collaborated with Art et Parfum, the historic Grasse supplier to Maison Dior.

The career

2007–2023, in bottles

Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.
Launches per year, 2007–2023Peak: 3 in 2007
20072023
In their own words

How Randa works

Signature

Exotic, opulent compositions that blend Eastern and Western influences into rich, transportive scents.

Scentsation editorial
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 11 fragrances
Who Randa composes for

5 houses, one hand

Fragrances credited to Randa in our catalog, by house.

Guerlain7
Van Cleef & Arpels1
Amouage1
WIDIAN1
Maison Rebatchi1
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