Michel Mane

Michel Mane

France Born 0 Nautica

Technical, materials-driven compositions rooted in Grasse naturals and proprietary capture technology

About

Michel Mane is a fourth-generation member of the French family behind Mane SA, the Grasse-founded flavour and fragrance house established in 1871. Raised among the jasmine and rose fields of Grasse and trained as a chemical engineer with a master's in organic chemistry, he was appointed president of the group's fragrance division in the early 1990s and helped steer its expansion into fine fragrance.

Notable Creations

  • Pioneered Mane's Aquafine water-based scent technology
  • used in fine-fragrance work including Nautica Ocean
  • and led the house's fine-fragrance program from the early 1990s.

Training

Mane SA

Creations by Michel Mane