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Calice Becker

Trained at the Givaudan perfumery school, Calice Becker went on to a career marked by some of the great contemporary florals, including Dior's J'adore.

For Kilian Paris, Calice Becker created several fragrances in The Narcotics family, including Love, don't be shy, a floral gourmand that became one of the house's emblems.

Career and creations

Calice Becker heads Givaudan's perfumery school, based in Paris with a branch in Singapore. The fragrance company presents her as the creator of Dior's J'adore, Tommy Hilfiger's Tommy Girl and Nina Ricci's L'Air du Temps collection. Asked whether perfumery is an art, she answers no, since a work of art is unique and cannot be reproduced: for her, science is a tool, but the gesture remains creation, fed by imagination and openness to new forms. That is the message she passes on to her students. In 2024 she also contributed to the fragrances of an exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci and the perfumes of the Renaissance, at the Château du Clos Lucé.

For Kilian Paris, she composed Love, don't be shy, in The Narcotics family, where flowers are composed like an addiction. Orange blossom absolute opens it, honeysuckle and rose are softened by a marshmallow accord, and an amber base gives it a sensual warmth.

Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses, the fragrance companies and the perfumers themselves.

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