christian mathieu

Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.

Credits4 perfumes

Houses3

SignatureWoody

Catalog · 4

The compositions

1987 · parfum

Jacomo · 1987

Coeur de Parfum / Parfum Rare

1996 · other

Jacomo · 1996

Perle de Silences

1991 · other

oak·san·vet·ber

Kenzo · 1991

Kenzo pour Homme

The opening is bright and herbal—sage and citrus that feel less aquatic than many early-nineties masculines, more like a clean shirt hung to dry in a sunlit garden.

1994 · other

vet·ced·ros·car

Givenchy · 1994

Insense Ultramarine

The opening is bracingly green—galbanum sharpened by cassis and a menthol-cool blast of mint that announces itself without hesitation.