Claudine de Vogel
Claudine de Vogel grew up in the Netherlands with an early fascination for scent that never faded. She pursued formal training in perfumery, earning a BA Hons degree in Business of Perfumery from Plymouth before embarking on a career that would span multiple countries and decades. She trained under Christian Provenzano and Mike Parrott, figures known for demanding precision and creative ambition from their students. Claudine absorbed their methods while developing a distinctly independent sensibility. Her career took her through the UK fragrance industry, a stint at Spanish house Lucta SA, and eventually to Germany, where she now serves as Senior Perfumer at CPL Aromas. In 2006, Claudine was appointed President of the British Society of Perfumers, a role that placed her at the center of the industry conversation around standards, education, and innovation. She returned to CPL Aromas after her time in Spain, bringing with her a perspective shaped by different markets and manufacturing cultures. At CPL, she has become a key voice on sustainability and responsibly sourced materials, particularly around the house's proprietary Fusion ingredients. Her approach remains rooted in classical technique while remaining open to new methodologies.
The hits
Notable creations
The signature
How Claudine composes
Claudine's style resists easy categorization, but several qualities recur across her work. She favors clean structures with unexpected moments of complexity, often achieved through her work with CPL's Fusion materials, which are designed to offer olfactory signatures that feel both novel and familiar. She draws frequently on her Dutch and broader European sensibilities, favoring brightness and clarity in her top notes while building toward deeper, more textured bases. Her technical training gives her compositions a structural confidence, but she never allows structure to suppress spontaneity. Ingredients she returns to often reflect a preference for quality over novelty. She has spoken about the importance of responsibly sourced naturals and how sustainable materials often yield more interesting character in final compositions. Her approach to accords tends toward the aromatic and green, with occasional contrasts drawn from warm woods and resins.
Philosophy
What drives Claudine
Claudine approaches fragrance creation as a conversation between nature and science. She believes every material carries a story, and her role is to listen closely enough to find the right one. Sustainability shapes much of her thinking. She has spoken publicly about CPL Aromas' responsibly sourced materials, arguing that environmental consciousness and creative ambition are not in opposition but are actually deeply complementary. She tends to build fragrances around a feeling rather than a concept, working backwards from the emotional response she wants to evoke. Claudine values restraint over excess, preferring to let a composition breathe rather than overwhelm. Collaboration matters to her; she credits her mentors with teaching her that perfumery is ultimately a craft of listening, both to materials and to the people who wear them.
The houses
Maisons Claudine composes for
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