Fragrances by Germaine Cellier

Germaine Cellier was a French perfumer born in Bordeaux, France in 1909. She was one of the first prominent female perfumers, at a time when the industry was largely dominated by men. In 1930, she moved to Paris to study chemistry and after obtaining her degree, she went to work as a chemist for the French company Roure Bertrand Dupont. In 1943, she left Roure to work for Colgate-Palmolive as a functional perfumer, but returned to Roure after three months. In the 1940s, Cellier met Robert Piguet, a former designer for Paul Poiret who had started his own fashion house. Piguet was looking for someone to create bold, pioneering fragrances to complement his young, vibrant fashions for the post-war period. In 1944, ...