PATRICIA CHOUX
ATHLETE AND EPICUREAN
PARTICULAR TRAIT:
A MARATHONER IN HER MINDSET AND DETERMINATION
ORIGINALLY FROM BURGUNDY,
cradle of French cuisine and winegrowing, Patricia Choux conserved from this region a taste for blackcurrant bud, which we find a touch of in each of her creations: “Along with redcurrant, blackcurrant reminds me of my childhood. It takes me back to my grandfather’s garden, where we tended to the fruit trees. The plums and mirabelles there had an intense flavor.” The awakening of the senses was underway. If fragrance entered Patricia’s life then, it was first by its visual dimension. She wanted to spruce up the 1970s wallpaper in her room, which she covered with ads starring perfume bottles and the universes that inspired them. She imagined in this way her own collections, from their designs to the names that she invented. The terrain prepared her for the real-world encounter, which would take place in Grasse. The visit to a venerable fragrance house encouraged her on this path. She would be a perfumer.
OLFACTORY SIGNATURE:
A FORMULA LIKE AN ESPRESSO SHORT AND WITH CHARACTER
STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
Her academic trajectory was thus decided. She chose chemistry, then passed the examination to attend ISIPCA. The entrance requirements were more demanding that year: Admission was on the condition of having obtained a work-study opportunity with a fragrance house.
Without a network, she had the audacity to introduce herself at Florasynth, asking to speak with Dominique Ropion. Her determination was manifest; the master perfumer felt it and offered her a position in chromatography. Each day, after work, she went to the composition lab to learn from her tutor and also from Bertrand Duchaufour. These two mentors guided her, the first toward the essential and the second toward ever more simplification. A strict school of straight-to-the-point formulation.
She completed her training in Germany, where she fine-tuned her technique in personal care. She explored this sector for 10 years. In it, everything must be clearer, more literal, especially if it has to do with fruit. She forged a high-impact signature there. It was then that Maurice Roucel invited her to work in fine fragrance.
PAINTER OF SCENTS
She turned herself into a painter of scents, a watercolorist who accentuates the background with a touch of color in the foreground. The world of flowers, white flowers in particular, enticed her without end. Backed with experience at several fragrance houses and having exercised her art in London, Paris and New York, she appreciated the team spirit and sense of creative innovation that MANE offered. Now based in Manhattan for some 15 years, she always delights in the arrival of spring in Central Park, where the daffodils, hyacinths and magnolias bloom as a choir.
HER INSPIRATIONS : FOOD FOR BODY AND MIND, FOLLOWED BY SPORT
With a style that elegantly wields subtlety and character, this French woman knew how to impose her je ne sais quoi charm in independent perfumery on an international level and to author couture successes. Nourished with travels and inspired by haute cuisine with daring pairings, she cultivates strong themes, some of which she has long visited, like a basil leaf dreamed up at ISIPCA, which, over the years, became a shiso leaf. The augmented creativity of know-how: a recipe that’s always a winner.
Patricia’s creativity as a perfumer is fueled by her passions for art, travel, food and sport: Painting, running, scuba diving, and her travels all over Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Exuberant and expressive, Patricia channels her energetic intensity into serious training as a distance runner.
She craves the quietude of deep blue serenity, and the zen of satisfaction that comes from completing another marathon.
At MANE
In other companies
MAISON LANCÔME
Figues & Agrumes
In collaboration with A. Lee
CARVEN
Dans Ma Bulle EDP, EDT
In collaboration with V. Collas & V. Nyberg
Dans Ma Bulle de Fleurs
In collaboration with V. Collas & V. Nyberg
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CLEAN
Apple Blossom
Malibu Beach
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CLEAN RESERVE
Sel Santal
Sweet Briar & Moss
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NEST
Balinese Coconut
Lychee Rose
In collaboration with Mathilde Bijaoui
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PINROSE
Sun Saint
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ATELIER BLOEM
Black Tulip
in collaboration with Irina Burlakova
HOUSE OF SILLAGE
HOS N.002
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BANANA REPUBLIC
90 Pure White
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PHILOSOPHY
Summer Grace Glowing Sunset​
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LE MONDE GOURMAND
Clementine Bisous
Beau Bleu
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CLEAN
Clean Warm Cotton & Mandarin
Clean Warm Cotton Breeze
Clean Cashmere
Clean Lovegrass
Clean for Men Classic
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NOMENCLATURE
Iri_del
Orb_ital
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AMOUROUD
Midnight Rose
CLIVE CHRISTIAN
N°1 for men
N°1 for women
X for women
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CARVEN
Carven pour Homme
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JO MALONE
Nutmeg & Ginger
French Lime Blossom
Blue Agava & Cacao
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MARC JACOBS
Orange Splash
ANJA RUBIK
Original
MICHAEL KORS
Very Pretty
CELINE DION
Chic
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GAP
Gap 1969 Bright
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MIX:BAR
Coconut Palm
Tangerine Squeeze
Vanilla Bourbon
Passionfruit Nectar
In collaboration with Gino Percontino
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THALIA SODI
Azure Crystal
Liquid sun
MALIN+GOETZ
Leather
ASCENTION BEAUTY
Ascent To Peace
Ascent To Prosperity
AMOUROUD
Noir Illuminé
Himalayan Woods
OUTPOST MAKERS
Outpost Makers Eau de Cologne
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EXPRESS
Eau So Cozy
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EMMOTIV
Calm Soul
Love Euphoric
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SNIF
Tart Deco
Citrus Circus
in collaboration with Ugo Charron & Gino Percontino
Vanilla Vice
Heal The Way
HER CREATIONS