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Raymond
Chaillan

From lavender fields to Anaïs Anaïs

Born in Nice in 1935, Raymond Chaillan grew up in Barrême surrounded by his grandfather's lavender fields and bee hives.

House
dsm-firmenich
Earliest in our catalog
Signoricci, 1965
In our catalog
14 fragrances · 8 houses
Raymond's story

The story

He began his career at Antoine Chiris in Grasse in 1962, moved to Paris in 1969 for Roure Bertrand Dupont, then Firmenich and Dragoco, before becoming Director of Perfumery Research at J&E Sozio in 1988 and Director at Argeville in 1993. Inspired by a bouquet of lilies on his desk at Firmenich, he spent nearly eighteen months developing Cacharel's Anaïs Anaïs, ultimately finalizing the fragrance with fellow perfumer Roger Pellegrino's idea to add brighter notes of blackcurrant.

In their own words

How Raymond works

Signature

Timeless, elegant compositions that evoke the countryside of his childhood, refined through patient, iterative development.

Scentsation editorial
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 14 fragrances
Who Raymond composes for

8 houses, one hand

Fragrances credited to Raymond in our catalog, by house.

Cacharel3
Yves Saint Laurent3
Nina Ricci2
Givenchy2
Balenciaga1
Hermès1
Boucheron1
+ 1 more houses
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