Nathalie Lamandé
Nathalie Lamandé comes from Brosse Paris, a fragrance house whose Grasse roots stretch back more than a century. Her career took her from studies in New York and Japan to the creation of Kenzoki, where she helped shape the brand’s early beauty identity before building a wider portfolio of naturally inspired products. Her path sits between perfumery and wider cosmetic creation, with flowers, citrus and woods recurring throughout her work. A profile in Flurys credits her with compositions built around bergamot, mandarin, white flowers, patchouli and agarwood, a vocabulary that reveals both a polished floral sensibility and a taste for textured depth.
The hits
Notable creations
The signature
How Nathalie composes
Her preferred materials tell a clear story. Bergamot and mandarin supply brightness, often with a dried grapefruit character that feels less sparkling than sun-washed. White flowers add a clean, aromatic lift, while patchouli introduces an earthy, slightly dark counterpoint. Agarwood, or oud, brings resinous depth and a polished sense of finish. Across these ingredients, Lamandé favors contrast: citrus against woods, delicate floralcy against patchouli, freshness against a warm trail. The technique is especially effective in compositions that move from crisp opening notes to a richer floral heart, then settle into dry, woody woods.
Philosophy
What drives Nathalie
Lamandé’s work appears guided by the idea that natural ingredients can carry a refined, contemporary beauty. Flowers provide the expressive center of many of her creations, while citrus brings light and energy. Her approach seems to favor compositions that balance freshness with sensual materials, allowing green notes and dry woods to give floral ideas structure. Rather than treating nature as a simple effect, she uses it as the basis for a sophisticated sensory language. The result is a signature that can feel airy and polished at first, then more tactile, woody and lingering on the skin.
The houses
Maisons Nathalie composes for
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