Philippe Bousseton

France Born 0 Van Cleef & Arpels

Sources note Bousseton’s work across fresh sporty masculines like Adidas Ice Dive and multiple Cool Water flankers for Davidoff, typically built around bright aquatic and aromatic woods, as well as more classic woody structures in Tsar by Van Cleef & Arpels. His portfolio suggests a strength in clean, dynamic, mass-market masculine scents with pronounced freshness and woods.

About

Philippe Bousseton is a French perfumer associated for many years with the Japanese fragrance house Takasago, where he has worked as a perfume creator based in Île-de-France, France. He comes from a perfumer family and entered the fragrance world at the age of five, according to UERMI. Bousseton has created numerous fragrances for mainstream brands, including Adidas Ice Dive and Adidas Originals for Adidas, L’amour à Paris and Un soir à Paris for Agatha, and several Cool Water flankers for Davidoff such as Cool Water Freeze Me, Cool Water Pacific Summer Edition for men, Cool Water Pure Pacific for Him and Cool Water Wave. He is also credited with Tsar (1989) for Van Cleef & Arpels, often cited as one of his most famous compositions.