Bertrand Duchaufour
French perfumer
Bertrand Duchaufour (French pronunciation: [bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃ dy.ʃo.fuːʁ]) 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.2
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About
He has drawn praise for niche perfume creations as well as mainstream hits.
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Companies
- L'EntropisteFounder6
Career
Occupation: perfumer.4
- Date not recordedFounded L'Entropiste3
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. His first signed fragrance came in 1995, creating Amber & Lavender for Jo Malone. In 2008, he became an independent perfumer, taking on work directly, including at L'Artisan Parfumeur as house perfumer. In 2014, he joined fragrance firm TechnicoFlor, where he has been consulting for three years.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipFrance5
Legal issues and controversies
In 2012 Duchaufour worked for Gulnara Karimova, daughter of Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov. Duchaufour created her fragrances Victorious for men and Mysterieuse for women. Asked why he would involve himself with the repressive regime, Duchaufour responded in writing to fragrance blog CaFleureBon: "I have been a little bit naive and just considered the good part of the project (money) and didn't realize what was behind."
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Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataBertrand Duchaufour on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBertrand Duchaufour on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataL'Entropiste, Founder