The story
A self-taught perfumer, he spent six years experimenting with raw materials before founding the house Fort & Manlé, drawing on his Turkish heritage and history to compose oud-focused, artisanal fragrances.

Rasei Fort, of Turkish heritage raised among orange and mandarin orchards, traces his passion for fragrance to childhood memories of his grandmother distilling roses in Cyprus, crystallized during a 2005 visit to Saudi Arabia exploring traditional attar and agarwood perfumeries.
Harem RoseA self-taught perfumer, he spent six years experimenting with raw materials before founding the house Fort & Manlé, drawing on his Turkish heritage and history to compose oud-focused, artisanal fragrances.

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