17 patents
Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to scent culture, Institute for Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles.
In-house perfumer at Procter & Gamble, BélAirLab Tokyo (current), DreamAir (current) and Osmo New York
Museum collections, Grasse to Harvard
Co-author on github open-source academic taxonomy as well as in various scientific papers and books
Co-founder of and pledger on The Perfume Code of Ethics
THE NOSE MUSEUMS COLLECT
Christophe Laudamiel is a perfumer whose compositions are held or have been hosted by museums in Grasse, Cleveland, Basel, Bilbao, Marseilles, New York (Arte, Cooper Hewitt, Guggenheim, The Rubin), Harvard University Archives, Istanbul, Seoul, Tokyo. He is represented by Mianki Gallery in Berlin and Olfactory Art Keller in Manhattan. He was the subject of six solo shows in New York City and Berlin. His compositions or installations were "Senior Curators' Choice" at Art Miami, twice artist in residence at Davos' World Economic Forum. He now designs for Arte Museums worldwide.
He has created scent for projects with Thierry Mugler, Kate Moss, Beyoncé, Heston Blumenthal and Ferran Adrià, David Bowie, Tom Ford and Amanda Lepore. He co-created Fierce, the Abercrombie & Fitch signature scent, and Polo Blue, as well as Happy Heart (Clinique), all top tens upon launching and after. His focus on niche fragrances has resulted in multiple awards.
He has composed in-house at Procter & Gamble, IFF, Osmo, DreamAir and Bélairlab of Rohto Pharmaceuticals. He holds 17 patents granted across scent and delivery technology, received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to scent culture, and founded the Perfume Code of Ethics. He loves dawn on the beach with his blue mohawk dog, Yuki, when she is not watching him winning a Kung-Fu routine competition.
