Master Perfumer

Laure Breysse

Laure Breysse grew up surrounded by the business of beauty, her father's work in the cosmetics industry planting the first seeds of a fragrance obsession. She spent her formative years on the outskirts of Paris, breathing in the city's particular brand of elegance. That early exposure became a foundation: she pursued formal training through Symrise's prestigious four-year Global Fragrances and Ingredients Management program, a rigorous track that produces only a handful of perfumers each year. Upon graduating alongside a cohort of seven new noses, Breysse joined Symrise's fine fragrance team and eventually relocated to their New York office. Her breakthrough came through collaboration with Mind Games, where she created Check Please, a fragrance that landed at Selfridges during National Fragrance Week and caught the attention of industry noticers. The Fragrance Foundation included her among their 2023 Notables, a recognition that signals a career building real momentum.

Active since 20191 house1 creations

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Output

Fragrances composed

Acclaim

4.2

Average rating

across the catalogue

Career

2019

First composition

The hits

Notable creations

The signature

How Laure composes

Breysse has demonstrated range across the Mind Games line, creating office-appropriate fragrances alongside bolder statements like L'Exclusif. Her background with Symrise suggests comfort working with both classic and contemporary materials. The fragrances she's created show an understanding of wearability without sacrificing character. She appears drawn to florals and seems comfortable working across gender boundaries, creating scents that resist easy categorization. Her training emphasized ingredients management, which translates into compositions that feel ingredient-driven and intentional rather than trend-driven.

Philosophy

What drives Laure

Breysse approaches fragrance with the curiosity of someone who never stopped asking why. The influence of her father's industry background shows in her methodical appreciation for materials and the science behind them. She favors compositions that work in real life, not just in isolation, gravitating toward scents that feel considered rather than calculated. Her instinct seems to be toward balance over spectacle, finding power in restraint. When she talks about her work, the focus tends toward what a fragrance does for someone wearing it, rather than what it says about them.

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