Christophe Laudamiel

Christophe Laudamiel (born 1969) is a French perfumer, chemist, writer, and model. He is co-founder and Master Perfumer of DreamAir creative studios in New York City, where he currently resides. In 2019, he was named Chief Perfumer to BélAir Lab in Tokyo, a perfume composition and technology studio managed by Rohto Pharmaceuticals. He is also a founder and president of the non-profit Academy of Perfumery and Aromatics, and serves as Master Perfumer at Generation by Osmo, an AI-native fragrance house based in New York City.

Laudamiel's path to perfumery began with a distinguished academic career in the sciences. After winning the French National Chemistry Olympiads in 1986 and a bronze medal at the International Chemistry Olympiad in Helsinki in 1988, he graduated valedictorian with a master's degree in chemistry from the European Higher Institute of Chemistry in Strasbourg in 1991. As a Procter & Gamble Teaching Fellow, he taught chemistry and began a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before moving to Harvard University as a teaching assistant. In 1994, he joined the Procter & Gamble Creative Perfumery School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, studying under principal perfumer Allan McRitchie and senior perfumer Christine Cahen. He received his creative perfumery degree in 1997 in Brussels under the supervision of principal perfumer Robert Lecoq. In 1999, he received the Procter & Gamble Special Recognition Award for his work in fragrance creation and his discoveries of new fragrance molecules. After briefly studying fine fragrance creation with master perfumer Pierre Bourdon in 1999–2000, Laudamiel joined International Flavors & Fragrances in Manhattan in 2000, where he worked alongside perfumers Carlos Benaim, Sophia Grojsman, and Pierre Wargnye. His notable creations include Le Parfum.