clement gavarry
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Away Weekend Woman
Authentic Woman
Maxime
Citizen Jack Parfum
A melon opening can go sweet or aquatic; here it stays restrained, folded into bergamot's bitter-bright peel.
Emporio Armani White For Him
Homem Essence
Homem Essence opens with a ginger-citrus combination that reads energetic and warm rather than clean and cool — the ginger leading, bergamot and grapefruit following.
Lovely 10th Anniversary Edition
Vanilla Skin
Barolo O Boticário
Barolo
Forever Sunshine Bath & Body Works
Forever Sunshine arrives exactly as promised—bright, cheerful, and easy.
Forever Sunshine
Forever Sunshine is exactly what its name promises: cheerful, uncomplicated, and warm.
Black Violet
Black Violet opens with bright citrus—bergamot and mandarin—that quickly gives way to its true character: a shadowy, old-fashioned violet backed by serious oakmoss.
Lovely Liquid Satin
Prada Tendre
The opening is a sharp citrus chord—neroli, lemon, bergamot—that feels more brisk than sweet, like sunlight on cool marble.
Beijos de Sol
Gio Antonelli
Cloud Pink
The opening burst of pineapple is candied and unapologetic, like fruit gummies dissolved in sparkling water—tart-sweet but not cloying.
Zaad Arctic O Boticário
Zaad Arctic
Always
My Lily O Boticário
My Lily
Bombshell Oud
Bombshell Oud Victoria's Secret
Cloud
Cloud opens with a haze of soft lavender and bergamot that feels more pillow than sharp, sweetened by a whisper of pear.
Les
Authentic Man Abercrombie & Fitch
Authentic Man opens with a crisp citrus burst—grapefruit and bergamot meeting the bite of pink pepper.
Authentic Man
Authentic Man opens with a bright, peppery citrus rush—grapefruit and bergamot sharpened by pink pepper's metallic bite.
Harajuku Lovers Sunshine Cuties Baby
Carolina
Carlos Benaïm and Clement Gavarry construct Carolina around an unusual heart placement: black pepper in the middle of the composition alongside rose and forest fruits, where the spice sits as a structural element rather than an opening gambit.
Eternity Summer 2007
Eden Juicy Apple | 01 Eau De Parfum
Eden opens with a bright, tart snap of black currant that reads more berry-forward than strictly apple, despite the name.
Very Sexy Now 2006
Very Sexy Now 2006 Victoria's Secret
R.E.M.
r.e.m.
Jet Black Intense
Devil's Advocate
Devil's Advocate opens with a sharp slice of bergamot cutting through dense clouds of frankincense, a combination that feels less church and more courtroom—bright citrus challenging solemn resin.
Authentic Woman Abercrombie & Fitch
Simply Divine
Untold Eau Legere
Lovely
Lavender opens the composition with a gentle herbal clarity, softened almost immediately by bergamot's citrus glow.
Just Cavalli Him
Smashingly Brilliant
Bella Essence
Untold
A sheer pear accord opens Untold with soft, watery brightness—more orchard dawn than candy sweetness.
5th Avenue NYC Red
CK One Summer 2021
Red Door Shimmer
Eternity Summer 2019
Tantrum
Twilight
Bella Night
Chloe Collection 2005 Chloé
Chloe Collection 2005
Away Weekend Woman Abercrombie & Fitch
Guess 1981 Los Angeles Women
Guess Effect
Panorama
Panorama opens with crisp bergamot and a distinctive green sharpness—fig leaf and galbanum cutting through citrus like light through morning grass.