Steven Claisse, who originally hoped to become an architect, got his start as a lab technician for a chief perfumer, drawn to the parallel between fragrance formulas and architectural blueprints.
A scholarship from the American Society of Perfumers took him to Grasse, where he met and learned from master perfumer Edmond Roudnitska. He later served as Senior VP of Corporate Fragrance Development at Belmay before becoming Vice President and Senior Perfumer at Takasago, with nearly five decades in the industry.
Fragrances credited to Steven 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
