Christophe Laudamiel

After winning the French National Chemistry Olympiads in 1986, Laudamiel studies Mathematiques at Lycee Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. He then took a master's degree in Chemistry from the European Higher Institute of Chemistry in Strasbourg, France. [2] 1991). As a Procter & Gamble Teaching Fellow, he taught chemistry and started a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. He dropped out of the PhD program after one year to become teaching assistant in Chemistry at Harvard University. In 1994 he joined the Procter & Gamble Creative Perfumery School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK). He received his creative perfumery degree in 1997 from the Procter & Gamble European Center in Brussels (Belgium) where he was soon after promoted to senior perfumer. In 1999, he received the Procter & Gamble Special Recognition Award for his work in fragrance creation, especially in fabric softeners, and for his discoveries of new fragrance molecules and technologies.

In 1999–2000, he studied fine fragrance creation with master perfumer Pierre Bourdon, the creator of Cool Water, Kouros and Dolce Vita. In the year 2000, Laudamiel joined International Flavors & Fragrances in Manhattan where he polished his skills alongside perfumers Carlos Benaim, Sophia Grojsman and Pierre Wargnye.

Laudamiel rapidly won projects on two of the most prestigious accounts at the time in New York City: Estee Lauder Company's (Tommy Hilfiger Cool Spray for Woman, 2001) and Polo Blue, Ralph Lauren, which was co-created in 2001 with Carlos Benaim and launched in 2002. He was winner of the FIFI Award "Fragrance Star of the Year" in 2003. Polo Blue (2002) and Fierce (2002), which were both co-authored by Laudamiel and Benaim, were nearly a decade later, still in the top 10 best selling men's fragrances on the US market , some claimed they were in the top 5.[3]

Laudamiel’s expertise has afforded him opportunities to participate as a judge on the juries of fragrance competitions. In 2003, he was a jury member for the Royal Fashion Institute in Antwerp, Belgium, and in 2004, he helped judge Gael magazine’s and Feeling magazine’s fragrances of the year. Notably in April 2014, he was the main judge for the Institute of Art and Olfaction (IAO) Fragrance Awards.[4]

• Laudamiel, C. (2007). Creative Processes in Perfumery. In F. Berthoud, F. Ghozland, & S. d’Auber (Eds.), Stakes & professions in perfumery (pp. 97–103). Toulouse, France: Editions d’Assalit.
• Laudamiel, C. (2009). Haute Perfumery and Haute Cuisine. In H. Blumenthal, The Fat Duck cookbook (pp. 478–482). London: Bloomsbury.
• Laudamiel, C., Hornetz, C., Braja, M., & Patel, S. (2008). From Virgin Education to Real Education. In P. Kraft & Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain); Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain) (Eds.), Current topics in flavor and fragrance research (pp. 329–339). Weinheim; Chichester: Wiley-VCH.
• Laudamiel, C., Hornetz, C., Mookherjee, B. D., & Patel, S. (2008). From Virgin Education to Real Education. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 5(6), 1159–1169.
• Laudamiel, C. (2010). Perfumery – The Wizardy of Volatile Molecules. In A. Herrmann (Ed.), The Chemistry and Biology of Volatiles (pp. 291–305). Chichester: Wiley.
• Laudamiel, C. (2016). Liberté, Égalité, Fragrancité: a fragrance manifesto. https://d3ciwvs59ifrt8.cloudfront.net/feef7663-5ef9-49cf-872f-5ca23732cc29/9cbdfb91-27ac-4c56-8500-086d065a7eeb.pdf
• Laudamiel, C., Tracy, S., & Doull, H. (2018). Fragrance Transparency: Natural vs Synthetics. Keap Matchbook Blog. Retrieved from https://www.keapbk.com/blogs/keap/fragrance-transparency-natural-vs-synthetic-perfumes-candles-scents-scented-better-safer-sustainable [Finalist, Perfumed Plume Award 2018, New York City]
• Laudamiel, C., & Tracy, S. (2018). Fragrance Transparency: The incredible artistry behind the creation of a fragrance. Keap Matchbook Blog. Retrieved from https://www.keapbk.com/blogs/keap/fragrance-transparency-the-incredible-artistry-behind-the-creation-of-a-fragrance-green-market [Winner, Perfumed Plume Award 2018, New York City]
• Parma, V., Ohla, K., Veldhuizen, M., ... Laudamiel, C. (2020). More Than Smell - COVID-19 Is Associated With Severe Impairment of Smell, Taste, and Chemesthesis. Chemical Senses, Vol. 45, (pp. 609-622).

• "A French chemistry champ who went from MIT to Procter & Gamble to the perfume industry wants to educate your nose – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
• Alter, Alexandra (2009-05-20). "This Opera Hasn't Even Opened, But We Know It Smells – WSJ". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
• Barry Neild (2008-01-24). "Smelly Davos unveils new world odor". CNN.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
• Barwich, A.S. (2020). Smellosophy: What the Nose Tells the Mind. Harvard University Press. p. 116-118, 126, 272, 286, 292, 297. ISBN 0674983696.
• "Brainwave: What Does Ecstasy Smell Like? | The New York Academy of Sciences". Nyas.org. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
• Бузова, Ольга. Цена Счачтья. p. 176-179.
• de Cupere, Peter - curator (2015). The Smell of War. p. 33-35. ISBN 9789082251630
• Danner, Alexa. "Scents and sensibility: Companies woo consumers with fragrant products — JSCMS". Jscms.jrn.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
• Fairley, Jo (2020). "A Manifesto For Change: Maverick and Magician" (PDF). The Scented Letter. pg 36-39: The Perfume Society.CS1 maint: location (link)
• IFRA UK. (2020). "A nose for discovery." Olfaction: A Journey. pp. 38-39.
• Jaquet, Chantal - ed. (2015). L’Art olfactive contemporain. Classiques Garnier. p. 51, 84, 90-91, 156, 245. ISBN 2812435518.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Laudamiel, Christophe - guest editor (2007). "Parfum issue #26". aRude.
• Parfümerie. "Parfümerie: Jungfrauenduft und Jauchenaroma". Stern.De (in German). Retrieved 2016-07-09.
• Shiner, Larry. Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell and the Olfactory Arts. Oxford University Press. p. 1, 191-192, 167-173, 178-179, 238-241, 246-247, 286. ISBN 9780190089818.
• "Smellbound". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
• Turin, Luca and Sanchez, Tania (2018). Perfumes: The Guide. Perfüümista ÖÜ. p. 94-97, 126, 236, 257-258. ISBN 9949885531.