To strengthen its team of perfumers in Dubai, Symrise Fine Fragrance is proud to announce the arrival of Philippine Courti\u00e8re as Senior Perfumer.
Born in Paris, Philippine Courti\u00e8re grew up in what she considers the most beautiful city in the world, in the Champ de Mars district, where the gardens of the Eiffel Tower were her playground. While her earliest olfactory memories take her back to Switzerland on mountain vacations, with the scents of moss and dried heather, or the lavender in the garden of her parents' family home in Normandy near Cabourg, her nose for perfumes goes back to her earliest years. \"I remember smelling the perfume samples my parents would bring home in the evening to evaluate. Indeed, his father was president of Givenchy Couture et Parfums for many years, and his mother developed fragrances for Escada. And let's not forget her grandfather, Jacques Rou\u00ebt, commercial director of the House of Dior from 1946, alongside designer Christian Dior and investor Marcel Boussac. The man she affectionately calls Papi Jacques passed on to her the values of rigor and loyalty, as well as his experience of luxury and firm determination to make her dreams come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After graduating from the prestigious Nanterre University in Paris with a Master's degree in French and Spanish law, she found it hard to resist the magnetism of her upbringing. Her head and heart naturally turned to perfumes. As her grandfather used to say to her when she was young: \"The key to success is to find your passion, believe in yourself and work hard.\" And so it was that perfumery came into play, with her first internships at Takasago (2007) and Robertet (2008), joining the Firmenich perfumery school in 2009 before being appointed perfumer in 2014.<\/p>
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