Pierre Guillaume

<p>Pierre Guillaume, independent perfumer<br /><br />Born in Clermont, Pierre Guillaume was a young 25-year-old chemist when he composed his first fragrance, COZ&Eacute; 02.<br /><br />This &ldquo;Spicy Tobacco&rdquo; accord, inspired by the contents of a precious cigar case owned by his father, received critical acclaim from the fragrance blogosphere, which brought it to the attention of professional buyers all around the world.<br />After New York Times perfume critic Chandler Burr praised &ldquo;the young French chemist who concocted the coolest new European fragrances&rdquo;, marked the commercial debut of the brand, Pierre Guillaume &ndash; Parfumerie G&eacute;n&eacute;rale.<br /><br />In 2010, the perfumer founded Pierre Guillaume Diffusion and set up a production facility comprising a composition studio, a cellar for raw materials and a packaging line solely dedicated to manufacturing the fragrances conceived by Pierre Guillaume.<br /><br />A second facility was inaugurated in 2015 to handle the company&rsquo;s logistics after Pierre Guillaume bought out another brand, Phaedon, in 2012.<br /><br />Pierre Guillaume enjoys complete artistic and financial freedom to create his perfumes in his own studios for his two brands, Pierre Guillaume &ndash; Parfumerie G&eacute;n&eacute;rale and Phaedon Paris, distributed through a network of nearly 250 international points of sale.</p>