Perfumes de David Apel

Born in New Jersey, David Apel was an outdoor-loving child whose passion for exploring forests and coasts led him to study environmental chemistry. An unexpected offer from Givaudan took him into perfumery, where his first job involved analyzing products already on the market in the gas chromatography laboratory. There, he developed a deep understanding of the complexity of raw materials and a kind of perfume philosophy: each perfume can be considered a work in progress. The art is rarely finished. He joined the American Society of Perfumers’ apprenticeship program in 1990 and was able to formalize his new passion through on-the-job study. As a junior perfumer, he began to take on some decidedly senior assignments and was sent to work with the elite of European perfumers in Paris. There, his career gained momentum thanks to the uninhibited freedom of being an outsider. With the landscapes of his native New England in mind, he created some of his distinctive formulations and bases, catapulting his career and eventually leading him to join Symrise, where he works to this day.

1959 – HE WAS BORN IN RINGWOOD, NEW JERSEY

1980 – STARTS AT GIVAUDAN

1991 – AWARDED APPRENTICE PERUMER BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PERFUMERS

1993 – MOVES TO PARIS

2007 – JOINS SYMRISE