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The Robertet fine fragrance team.
n order to achieve the goal of growing their fine fragrance business in the U.S., Robertet has recently made some key hires and strategic executive moves to expand their New York City Creative Studio fine fragrance team. “Our goal is to be faster and more forward thinking in our everyday approach to the fine fragrance business,”
said fragrance division president Christophe Maubert. “Today the consumer is more educated and discerning than ever. With these changes we will fully support our brand partners as they navigate the challenges of our business with a senior management team truly dedicated to their needs.” To that end, industry veteran Piero Savio has joined the New York City team from Givaudan as vice president fine fragrance sales, and has been tasked with building Robertet’s existing fine fragrance and specialty retail sales as well as new business development. Lauren Simpson has enjoyed a successful evaluation career on both the brand and fragrance house sides of the business and has been promoted to the Creative Studio as director of fine fragrance evaluation. Robertet is adding new creative perfumery talent to their roster as well. Mathieu Nardin comes to New York as an experienced fine fragrance and personal care perfumer who joins the team from the company’s Grasse offices. “I grew up in Grasse in a family of perfumers,” said Nardin. “I first joined Robertet as a summer intern at the age of thirteen and fell in love with fragrance. After completing my professional education at ISIPCA in Paris, I never looked back.”
Lauren Simpson, director of fine fragrance evaluation, sampling scents in the lab. DEC EMB ER 2 0 1 3 /
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