Raymond Matts began his career at an Aramis counter in Brooklyn before working in fragrance development at Firmenich and IFF.
At Elizabeth Arden he designed Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds, and he later served as Vice President of Corporate Fragrance Development Worldwide at Estée Lauder. He now teaches perfumery as a professor at the Pratt Institute in New York.
Fragrances credited to Raymond in our catalog, by house.
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
