Perfume 101: Top Nose Jean Claude Ellena

Jean Claude Ellena is known as the most media-friendly nose. With his oeuvre of soft unisex fragrances and with the recent heralding by perfume citrus Chandler Burr, Ellena has developed quite a following in the perfumista world. Nearly everyone respects his perfumes as artistic creations, while many turn to him for great wearable perfumes.

Throughout his career, Ellena has created top perfumes for Sisley, Yves Saint Laurent perfumes, Christian Lacroix, Frederic Malle, Cartier, Giorgio Armani fragrances and for the wildly popular niche fragrance line L’Artisan Parfumeur. As the recently appointed in-house nose to the design house of Hermes, Ellena has crafted the much-loved Jardin Sur La Nil and the Hermessence range, including Hermessence Rose Ikebana and Hermessence Vanille Galante.

Self-described as a calm and thoughtful personality, Ellena produces fragrances that are abstract odes to nature. His perfumes—soft, natural and innovative—always seem to be a sensory exercise in imagination and philosophy. Born in the perfume village of Grasse, Ellena speaks of his undying appreciation for luxury, simply for its artistic indulgences and productions. When speaking of olfaction, Ellena finds affinity with soft whispering notes like vanilla, heliotropes and violet petals.

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