POETRY, CRAFT AND AUDACITY
sabelle Larignon is a perfumer and a writer: she composes the formula, writes the story and designs the world around each of her fragrances.
Born in La Rochelle, she discovered perfume at the age of five, with a miniature of Tabac Original. She first studied lyric singing for ten years, then spent twenty years writing for houses in gastronomy, wine and spirits, perfumery and luxury hospitality.
Mentored by Bertrand Duchaufour, she turned to composition and, in 2020, left an established career to found her own house. Since 2022, she has also written for NEZ, La Revue Olfactive.
Her fragrances, now sold in ten countries, draw on sculpture, poetry, music and gastronomy. Milky Dragon, built around milky oolong tea, was selected in NEZ’s Top 2022; Bangla Yāsaman, a jasmine composed without a drop of jasmine absolute, earned the same distinction in 2024. Le Flocon de Johann K, Mandi Rhubi and Dafneïs, inspired by Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne, complete the collection.
She sees perfume as a sculpture of air, with the skin as its pedestal, and would rather tell a story around a fragrance than describe it. Each creation comes with its own olfactory tale.
Working with Isabelle Larignon means partnering with a perfumer who writes as precisely as she composes, and who delivers not only the fragrance, but the story that carries it.
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