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Alberto Morillas

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Alberto Morillas
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Seville, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationPerfumer
Years active1970–present
Employerdsm-firmenich
Notable workCalvin Klein CK One
Giorgio Armani Acqua di Giò
Marc Jacobs Daisy Fragrance One Office for Men
AwardsPrix François Coty
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Alberto Morillas (born 1950) is a Spanish perfumer. He is a master perfumer at Swiss fragrance and flavor firm dsm-firmenich, where his notable creations have included Calvin Klein CK One, Giorgio Armani Acqua di Giò and Marc Jacobs Daisy. He has an independent line called Mizensir.[1]

Early life

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Morillas was born in 1950 in Seville, Spain[2] and moved to Switzerland at age ten.[3] He studied for two years at the École des Beaux Arts in Geneva.[2]

He cites as early scent memories his mother's bottle of Rochas Femme and his father's hair tonic.[3]

Career

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Firmenich

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Mainly self-taught,[4] Morillas began working in perfumery at 20,[3] inspired by a Vogue article about French perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain.[4] He joined Swiss fragrance and flavor firm Firmenich in 1970[4] and has gone on to create nearly 7000 perfumes.[1] He established himself with the 1975 creation Must de Cartier, the jewelry company's first fragrance.[4]

Among Morillas's notable creations is CK One, developed with Harry Fremont in 1994 for Calvin Klein fashion brand.[5] In the mid-1990s, CK One had annual sales of about $90 million (USD) and in 2007 still sold about $30 million annually in the United States.[6] In Perfumes: The Guide, Luca Turin gave CK One four of five stars, describing it as a "radiant citrus" that combines "soapy, fresh top notes" with heart and base notes simultaneously, creating a linear effect in which the scent sustains one "chord" rather than shapeshifting over the course of the day: "Time forever stands still at 8 a.m.: the frozen morning of a day full of promise."[7] It is often cited as the first "unisex" fragrance[4] (though historians note that dividing fragrances by gender was itself a relative novelty, a development of 20th-century marketing techniques.)[8]

Other projects

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In 1997, Morillas and his wife began a line of scented candles called Mizensir, which grew to offer 80 different candles.[4] In 2015,[9] Morillas expanded the brand to include 17 perfumes.[4] In collaboration with Penhaligon's, Morillas also has a custom perfumery service, Bespoke by Alberto Morillas, based the Salon de Parfum in department store Harrods in London.[10]

Awards

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Morillas won the Prix François Coty in 2003.[4]

Personal life

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Morillas lives in Geneva, after periods in Paris and New York.[11]

Perfumes

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References

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  3. ^ a b c d e Moss, Jack (16 August 2018). "The Veteran Perfumer Behind Gucci's Heady Trio of Floral Scents". AnOther. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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  5. ^ Weatherford, Ashley (10 February 2017). "Why Everyone Smelled the Same in the '90s". The Cut. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ^ Wilson, Eric (8 March 2007). "Perfume-Cologne-Fragrances-Calvin Klein-Twenty Somethings". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  7. ^ Turin, Luca; Sanchez, Tania (2008). Perfumes: The Guide. Viking. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-670-01865-9.
  8. ^ Puckrick, Katie (13 June 2018). "exploring the relationship between perfume and gender". I-d. Vice. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  9. ^ Férat, Laurence (25 October 2017). "La parfumerie de niche l'est-elle encore ?". Madame Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  10. ^ March, Bridget (24 July 2018). "8 of the best bridal fragrance services". Harper's Bazaar. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Los perfumes, las obras de arte de "El Maestro" Alberto Morillas". Agencia EFE (in Spanish). 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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  15. ^ Malaise, Catherine (7 August 2018). "" Fleur militante " : Quand Flower by Kenzo fait son cinéma". Paris Match (Belgique) (in French). Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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  20. ^ Remedios, Faye (9 April 2018). "A Sensorial Delight: Alberto Morillas's Gucci Bloom Transports You To A Magical Garden". Verve Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Fifteen female artists tell the story of new Gucci fragrance". The Jakarta Post. 2 May 2018. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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