Olivia Giacobetti is a French perfumer

Perfumer

A perfumer is a term used for an expert on creating perfume compositions, sometimes referred to affectionately as a Nose due to their fine sense of smell and skill in producing olfactory compositions...

, currently creative director at Parfum Lubin

Parfum Lubin

Parfums Lubin is one of the oldest perfume houses in the world.Its early history is linked to the high society of the Napoleonic era, and its products became the imprimatur of haute couture, and indicators of fashion and social hierarchy....

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Biography

The daughter of photographer Francis Giacobetti, she decided on her career after seeing Yves Montand

Yves Montand

-Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...

 play a perfumer in the film Le Sauvage

Le Sauvage

Le Sauvage is a 1975 French film starring Yves Montand and Catherine Deneuve. The film was a commercial success with a total of 2,373,738 admissions in France and was the 12th highest grossing film of the year....

when she was nine years old. She began working for Robertet at the age of seventeen and produced her first scent ('Petit Guerlain') at the age of twenty-three. She started her own Iskia company in 1990 and has gone on to create perfumes for several major companies.

For Diptyque

• Philosykos (1996)
• Ofrésia (1999)
• Essence of John Galliano
  John Galliano
  John Charles Galliano CBE, RDI is a Gibraltan-born British fashion designer who was best known as head designer of French haute couture houses Givenchy and Christian Dior , and his own self titled fashion house.-Family:He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan Galliano, and a...
  
   (candle & room spray)

For L'Artisan Parfumeur

• L'Eau de L'Artisan (1993)
• Premier Figuier (1994)
• Drôle de Rose (1995)
• Thé Pour Un Eté (1996)
• L’Eau du Fleuriste (1997)
• Navegar (1998)
• Dzing! (1999)
• Passage d'Enfer (1999)
• Tea for Two (2000)
• Thé des Sables (2001)
• Un Bouquet en Mai (2001)
• Safran Troublant (2002)
• Extrait de Songe / L'Eté en Douce (2005)
• Fou d'Absinthe (2006)
• Mandarine Tout Simplement (2006)

Miscellaneous

• Five fragrances for Parfums Honore des Pres (2009)
• Idole de Lubin (2005) for Parfum Lubin
  Parfum Lubin
  Parfums Lubin is one of the oldest perfume houses in the world.Its early history is linked to the high society of the Napoleonic era, and its products became the imprimatur of haute couture, and indicators of fashion and social hierarchy....
  
  
• Cher Michel Klein (2005) for Michel Klein
• Hiris (1999) for Hermès
  Hermès
  Hermès International S.A., or simply Hermès is a French high fashion house established in 1837, today specializing in leather, lifestyle accessories, perfumery, luxury goods, and ready-to-wear...
  
  
• En Passant (2000) for Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle
• Preparation Parfumee for Andrée Putman
  Andrée Putman
  Andrée Putman is a French interior and product designer.Long considered as a shocking eccentric by the French as she likes to defend the indefensible, Andrée Putman partly owes her reputation to foreigners...
  
  
• Costes for Hotel Costes
  Hôtel Costes
  The Hôtel Costes is a famous hotel in Paris, France. Located in 239 rue St-Honoré, it is perhaps best known for its bar and courtyard café.The hotel was commissioned by the Costes brothers to the designer and architect Jacques Garcia in 1991...
  
  
• Iunx boutique scents for her own Iunx boutique (closed in 2003, re-opened inside the Hotel Costes 2008)
• Elixir for Penhaligon's
  Penhaligon's
  Penhaligon's is an English perfume house. It was founded in the late 1860s by William Henry Penhaligon, a Cornish barber who moved to London and who became Court Barber and Perfumer to Queen Victoria.- History :...
  
  (2008)