Camille goutal biography

She went to Grasse in South France to choose a fragrance and that's where she discovered the world of fragrance, so she opened her first.
In 1999, when Annick died of cancer at age 53, Camille returned to the fragrance house, joining forces with her mother's longtime collaborator.
She was one of the first woman perfumers in a man's world.

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Annick Goutal sadly passed away in 1999 and since then her daughter Camille, to whom she dedicated one of her fragrances, has continued the work of her mother and continues to successfully create fragrances, together with the perfumer Isabelle Doyen.

Today French Maison Goutal Paris celebrates the beauty and happiness that orange trees provide. Its lovely, vibrant, slightly sweet blooms, and juicy fruits has been the inspiration for so many creators and has given birth to some of the fragrances we love most. Now, Goutal Paris gets back to its roots, revealing their new orange blossom creation: Le Temps des Rêves.

Goutal Le Temps des Rêves is also a tribute to a part of Maison Goutal history. In the late 1970s, when Annick Goutal discovered her gift and her vocation for fragrance creation, she pursued her knowledge with a passion between Paris and Grasse before founding the Maison that bears her name.

Guided by poetry and emotion, the new women’s fragrance from Maison Goutal tells the story of our turn to the roots in Grasse, the city of orange trees and t

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Isabelle, when did you start working with Annick?
ID: In 1985. She was setting up her Castiglione shop at that time and needed a place to continue to work. When she came to my studio, I saw that beautiful woman—wow. She said, “I want to create a vetiver [fragrance]. Would you like to help me do it?” Of course! Then she said, “I have an idea for a perfume that I’ve wanted to create for such a long time, which is a rose that smells like pear.” I looked at her and said, “Since my childhood I’ve wanted to make that perfume.” It took us ten years to create that rose-pear smell, Ce Soir ou Jamais.

Of all the fragrances, which ones really resonate with you?
CG: Ce Soir ou Jamais is, for both of us, the most touching one because when [my mother] was at the hospital for the last six months, she was still working on it with Isabelle. Isabelle would visit her every day, and they would smell the fragrance. It’s incredible: Six months after her death, her scarf still smelled like it. It was very comforting and reassuring—in a way she was still there.

Songes is another one; it means “da

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Interview with Camille Goutal of Annick Goutal

A while ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Camille Goutal, daughter of legendary perfumer Annick Goutal, for a feature in Prestige magazine – which you can read here, if you’re so inclined. I found Camille a lovely, warm and gracious interviewee (especially since I imagine she gets asked many of these same questions for around a decade now!), and I loved how passionate she was about the evocative power of scent – she really gets the emotion and feelings behind creating and describing a scent, rather than just being all about whatever’s new or on-trend.

As always with these things, you put yourself through the torture of listening to your voice on repeat for hours to transcribe your interview, only to end up using about a third of your chat for print, so I thought I’d put up the whole thing for any fellow Annick Goutal lovers out there. Of course, I then forgot about this intention for about a year… but here it is now! And next time you’re met with a snooty perfume assistant, remember that, in Camille’s words, “You’