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Meet the perfumer

RODRIGO FLORES-ROUX

Biography

Rodrigo Flores-Roux was born in Mexico 50 years ago and has been attracted to perfumes since he was a child. After completing his studies in Biology, he enrolled at ISIPCA, the perfumery school in Versailles, where he completed an internship with Jean-Claude Ellena.

 

With more than 30 years of professional scent blending under his belt, Rodrigo is a multi-award winning perfumer and his skill has been recognized with several FiFi Awards among others. Furthermore, his work has been inducted into important best-of lists in the Fragrance Foundation Hall of Fame.​

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Currently, Rodrigo is Vice President of Fragrance Creation at Givaudan, lives in Manhattan, enjoys museum going and fine dining there, craves the occasional cigar and is, as ever, a newsaholic that is keenly aware of the latest trends, news and happenings.

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Olfactory language

Rodrigo's perfume style oscillates naturally between big and expressive compositions that are rich in multi-layered details... and simple almost brutalist harmonies constructed with willingly short formulas using only a few strokes of high voltage energy.

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A lover of citrus aromas, he also delights himself playing with rich nocturnal florals, opulent ambery resins and, of course, leather notes, as he's also well-known for donning black leather clothes almost every day; he wears them with style and relish.

 

A journalist once described Rodrigo as a neoclassicist. He agrees, albeit a bit reluctantly. "It's true that I amuse myself in referencing classic perfumes, as my archival interest for vintage perfumery is enormous. But what good would it be if we only spent our time reconstructing the past? I say: Let's learn from it and then take a quantum leap into the future!"

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