Bertrand Duchaufour

Bertrand Duchaufour is a French perfumer. He has had a prolific career, beginning in Grasse at Lautier Florasynth and continuing for a number of fragragrance firms as well as working independently and as the house perfumer for L'Artisan Parfumeur. He has drawn praise for niche perfume creations as well as mainstream hits.

Career Beginning his career in 1985, Bertrand Duchaufour trained at the Lautier Florasynth group in Grasse, then spent 10 years at Créations Aromatiques, then Symrise, working in their fine fragrance department. In 2014, he joined fragrance firm TechnicoFlor, where he has been consulting for three years. as well as fashion houses Comme des Garcons, Givenchy and Dior. Many of his fragrances have received substantial critical praise. In 2008, The New York Times perfume critic Chandler Burr wrote of Duchaufour's creation for Eau d'Italie Paestum Rose: "Duchaufour is an expert in shadows (see his Dzongka, done for l'Artisan Parfumeur). He paints olfactory charcoals and grays and deep purples with the smells of smoke and worn wood, a living Old Master of scent, and Paestum Rose is not just perfectly calibrated on a technical level. It is better than that. It is a work of art. The perfume unfolds with a scented crepuscular darkness, a twilight that is an exact balance of disappearing sunlight and incipient evening." The fragrance smelled modern, Burr said, without resorting to "easy clichés" to accomplish this. Rather the scent reminded Burr of a Caravaggio one of the Eau d'Italie owners admired. "Paestum Rose is a perfume that's rich and filled with meaning like the intimate opalescent blacks Caravaggio painted, instantly known and strangely unfamiliar. In this perfume we smell ancient beauty made thrillingly new." His 2008 L'Artisan creation for perfume boutique Aedes de Venustas was another entrant into this category, earning four stars in Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez's Perfumes: The A-Z Guide; writing of all four, Sanchez said Duchaufour's work with incense makes "austerity seem rich, as it does in Rembrandt's portraits of burghers, whose penitent black and white costumes are clearly cut of luxurious cloth."

Honors In 2017, Duchaufour was awarded perfumer of the year by the Russian FiFi Awards.

Perfumes

Acqua di Parma Cipresso di Toscana (2005) Colonia Assoluta (2003), with Jean-Claude Ellena

Alex Simone Encore un peu (2016) Après vous (2016) L'incitation (2016) Encore un peu absolu golden signature (2021) Après vous absolu golden signature (2021) L'incitation absolu golden signature (2021)

Comme des Garçons Series 1, Leaves: Calamus (2000) Series 1, Leaves: Mint (2000) Series 2, Red: Harissa (2001) Series 2, Red: Sequoia (2001) Series 3, Incense: Avignon (2002) Series 3, Incense: Kyoto (2002) Series 5, Sherbet: Cinnamon (2003) Series 5, Sherbet: Peppermint (2003) Series 5, Sherbet: Rhubarb (2003) Comme des Garçons 2 Woman

Eau d'Italie

Baume du Doge (2008) Paestum Rose (2008)

Extrait d'Atelier Maître Jardinier (2019)

Givenchy Amarige d'Amour (2002), with Emilie Copperman Lucky Charms (2005)

Grandiflora

Queen of the Night (2017) for Grandiflora Boronia (2018) for Grandiflora Ambroisie Ararat (2005) Aedes de Venustas (2005 home fragrance, succeeded by a 2008 Eau de Parfum) Deliria (2013) (Triptyque I Explosion d'émotions) Skin on skin (2013) (Triptyque I Explosion d'émotions) Onde Sensuelle (2014) (Triptyque II Explosion d'émotions) Vanille Absolument Fusion Sacrée Obscur (2012)

Miller Harris

Tender (2018) Blousy (2019)

Naomi Goodsir

Or du Serail (2014)

Neela Vermeire Créations Trayee (2012) Mohur (2012), Mohur Extrait (2014) Bombay Bling (2012) Ashoka (2013) Pichola (2015) Rahele (2016) Niral (2018)

Penhaligon's

Amaranthine (2009) Orange Blossom (2010) Sartorial (2010) Eau Sans Pareil (2011) Esprit du Roi (2011) Vaara (2013) Lothair (2014) Tralala (2014) Ostara (2015)

Phuong Dang

Artist (2017) with Mark Buxton

Pont des Arts A ce Soir (2018) A chaque instant (2018)

Sigillo Verona Romeo (2024) Juliet (2024)

Spiritum paris Solar Soul - N°1 (2022) Builder Of Future N°4 (2022) Spiritual Explorer N°7 (2022) Final Spirit N°9 (2022)

St Giles Fine Fragrance The Writer (2017) The Stylist (2017) The Mechanic (2017) The Actress (2017) The Tycoon (2017)

THEATRE des PARFUMS J`ATTIRE (2014) MONPLAISIR 1723 (2015) POÉSIE du CHAOS (2019) Lе VENT STELLAIRE (2019) Lа SOIF d`ÉTERNITÉ (2019)

Miscellaneous Amber & Lavender (1995), for Jo Malone Hidden (2018) for Forage