Started his career as a chemist at Chanel's Fragrance Laboratory in 1973. A self-taught perfumer who describes himself as "an explorer wandering amidst his formulas," his style is that of a sensuous aesthete and his signature is a streamlined composition, in which he retains only what is essential. In this particular composition, Maurice Roucel intended to communicate both "seduction and generosity." Winner of the Prix François Coty in 2002.