Powerful, diffusive, heady: Christophe Raynaud’s fragrances have a real signature, often based on two main complementary entities, that must talk to each other, always in the service of pleasure. “When you wear perfume, you want to smell good and others tell you so”, he says, as if it was obvious.

To trigger compliments, he readily works with orientals, amber raw materials full of sensuality, but he also has a particular liking for the violet, “a little flower with a lot of character and facets”, which even inspired the name of his daughter. Christophe Raynaud is a positive, enthusiastic person, who likes nothing better in the morning than discovering the tests he tried out the day before. His next ideal creation? “A very fresh fragrance, but that diffuses its scent.”