Bertrand Duchaufour

Bertrand Duchaufour is a French perfumer.

Biography

Bertrand Duchafour trained at the Lautier Florasynth group in Grasse while also working at Florasynth Paris and Créations Aromatiques (the two companies merged in 1997). From 2008, he has been L'Artisan Parfumeur's perfumer 'in residence'. ^[1] He has also created fragrances for several other perfume houses, including Penhaligon's, Amouage, Comme des Garcons, Givenchy and Christian Dior.

In 2012 he worked for Gulnara Karimova, the controversial daughter of Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, when she decided to release fragrances. Duchaufour created her fragrances Victorious for men and Mysterieuse for women.^[2][3] Asked why he would involve himself with the repressive regime of Karimov, 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."^[4]

For Acqua di Parma

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

For 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)

For L'Artisan Parfumeur

• Mechant Loup (1997)
• Patchouli Patch (2002, with Evelyne Boulanger)
• Piment Brulant (2002)
• Poivre Piquant (2002)
• Timbuktu (2004)
• Ambroisie Ararat (2005)
• Aedes de Venustas (2006 home fragrance, succeeded by an Eau de Parfum)
• Dzongkha (2006)
• Fleur de Liane (2008)
• Al Oudh (2009)
• Havana Vanille (2009)
• Nuit de Tubereuse (2010)
• Traversée du Bosphore (2010)

For Givenchy

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

For LAMBRE

• Son Secret (2012)
• Son Desir (2012

For The Vagabond Prince

• Enchanted Forest (2012)

Miscellaneous

• Fahrenheit Fresh, for Parfums Christian Dior
• Bazar Femme (2002), with Emilie Copperman & Jean-Claude Ellena, for Christian Lacroix
• Flora Bella (2005), for Lalique
• Jubilation XXV (2007), for Amouage
• Baume du Doge (2008) for Eau d'Italie
• Anthology (2009)
• Amaranthine (2009) for Penhaligon's
• Sartorial (2010) for Penhaligon's
• Vaara (2013) for Penhaligon's

References