Francis Kurkdjian
Francis owes his talent to his commitment, no doubt helped by his passion for art and for this world of fragrance that he discovered as an adolescent.
The Paris Opera and its corps de ballet. Haute Couture and its designers. The world of perfumes and its artistic imagination. Three spheres defined by discipline and rigour, culture and determination, which inspire this slim-featured man on a daily basis. Francis Kurkdjian has quickly made a name for himself among the best-known perfumers, arousing admiration and envy, sometimes both at the same time.
Francis owes his talent to his commitment, no doubt helped by his passion for art and for this world of fragrances that he discovered as a teenager. But above all to that desire to never let down those who trust him: a winning attitude that enabled him to create world-renowned fragrances very soon after graduating from the ISIPCA school of perfumery and cosmetics, to design custom fragrances, to give an olfactory touch to art installations all over the world and, in 2009, to create his eponymous fragrance maison, a stake he sold to the LVMH group in 2017. In addition, this perfumer-creator has worked at Takasago since 2005, creating numerous successful fragrances.
He also passes on his knowledge to the company's young perfumers, as he is passionate about education.
In October 2021, he was appointed head of Christian Dior's Perfume Creation Department.
