Claudine de Vogel

Senior Perfumer

My earliest memories are all associated with fragrance; the Eau Imperiale which my grandfather sprinkled on his handkerchiefs, the smell of unlit Gitane cigarettes, the cold fireplace in the sitting room upstairs and the classical geranium plants on the windowsill.

SENIOR PERFUMER​

MULTI-LINGUAL ​

CROSS-CATEGORY

BASED IN FRANCE

Claudine de Vogel, Senior Perfumer at CPL Aromas Germany, has been surrounded by scent since childhood. Her earliest memories are scented, her grandfather’s Eau de Cologne Imperiale, the smell of unlit Gitane cigarettes, cold fireplace embers, and the geraniums on the windowsill. These impressions, combined with family ties to the fragrance industry, led her to early placements at Firmenich, where Master Perfumer Annie Buzantian inspired her to pursue the craft.​

Claudine went on to study Business of Perfumery at the University of Plymouth, completing a placement with CPL Aromas before joining the company in 2002 as a trainee perfumer. Under the mentorship of Christian Provenzano and Mike Parrott, she developed her craft through roles in the UK and Spain before settling in Bielefeld as part of CPL Aromas Germany.​

Working across toiletries, laundry, air care, and fine fragrance, Claudine is drawn to light, airy olfactive directions with a distinctive twist, spicy, floral, or softly ambery. She gravitates toward ingredients such as pepper, cardamom, magnolia, and bergamot, using them to give her compositions nuance and brightness.​

Inspired by everyday life, gardening, cooking, travelling, reading, Claudine sees fragrance as a powerful keeper of memories. “I think you can find inspiration in almost anything,” she says, a sentiment that shines through in her thoughtful, intuitive creations.​

Claudine