Perfumes de Christelle Laprade

“Hey, smell! Try!” When she was a child and grew up not far from the Mediterranean, Christelle Laprade learned to speak and began calling her parents whenever she had something in her hands. Later, she would follow people down the street and try to guess what perfume they were wearing. After graduating from high school, she found her true calling: to be a perfumer of fine fragrances and nothing else, to enter people’s lives and leave a lasting impression. Guided by the belief that perfume should be fun, she builds fragrances with a focus on wellbeing. Her unwavering determination and her taste for the unusual fit well with a city like New York. With her model-like appearance, her stiletto heels, and her red lipstick, this organized, scientific, well-mannered young woman seems to embody the very dream of French-American life—until you speak with her and discover the ambivalence that radiates from both her personality and her olfactory creations. She calls it “trash-glam”. It’s not for the faint of heart!

1976 – BORN IN SANARY-SUR-MER, VAR, FRANCE

1997 – STARTS HER STUDIES AT ISIPCA, THE PERFUMERY SCHOOL OF VERSAILLES

2000 – JOINS EXPRESSIONS PARFUMEES IN GRASSE AFTER AN INTERNSHIP AT DRAGOCO IN NEW YORK

2003 – STARTS WORKING AT MANE USA IN NEW JERSEY

2006 – JOINS THE SYMRISE STUDIO IN NEW YORK