Specialised in the creation of fragrance compositions, MD Fragrances is a company founded in 2002 by Marie Duchene, located in the region of Grasse, the cradle of perfumery. Our business is the creation of perfumes, with expertise in making compositions for all applications: fine perfumery, cosmetics, personal care, well-being, scented candles, and home fragrances.
Our know-how relies on mastering all formulations, whether they are classic, combining synthetic and natural ingredients, or 100% natural. We are committed to upholding values of trust, quality, and respect, supporting our clients in designing fragrance projects that comply with all current regulations.
Proximity and flexibility are our major assets. Attentive to your needs, we respond quickly and efficiently to your requests. Our specialty lies in creating 100% natural perfumes, without any synthetic ingredients, ensuring authentic and environmentally friendly compositions.
It is from this step-by-step collaborative approach that the fragrance composition is born, accompanied by the imagination that emerges from your description. Transforming words into an unprecedented fragrance, the one that will make you say, ‘Yes! This is exactly what I was looking for…’, the one that will capture a universe and allow the end user to make it their own.
Bringing the olfactory dimension is about generating the emotion that will build loyalty in the end user of the finished product and provide them with that fresh, gourmet, floral, or chypre note. We play on an extensive palette inspired by flowers and fruits, materials, and woods, often going much further to find the perfect note.
FINE PERFUMERY
Know-how : we create a unique and personalised fragrance to make your olfactive signature come alive.
COSMETICS
Expertise : we materialise your perfumed composition in compliance with your specifications.
AMBIENT PERFUMERY
Agility : exclusive creation, ready to use fragrance, we respond to your needs.
Born in 1973, Marie Duchêne has wanted to be a perfumer for as long as she can remember.
After spending her childhood in the region of Reims, she studied chemistry and then joined ISIPCA, the Institut Supérieur International du Parfum, de la Cosmétique et des Arômes Alimentaires, in Versailles in 1994, where she learned about raw materials, perfume accords, as well as the history and chemistry of perfumery.
Her internships led her to the region of Grasse, where she settled and began her apprenticeship in various perfumery companies.
Over the years and through various encounters, she decided in 2002 to create her own creative structure, MD Fragrances, where she puts her experience and quality raw material sourcing at the service of her clients.
She surrounds herself with competent collaborators who are committed with her to making each creation exceptional.
They are perfumers, communicators, customer managers… They support the know-how of Marie DUCHENE day after day, to provide you with unique service and dedication.
Employer branding is a strong value for MD Fragrances, recently recognised with the Empl’itude label, a local label that highlights companies in a territory committed to employment and integration.
Small quantities
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the Grasse region
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“ I love to work with Marie because, from the first moment she has been able to understand the meaning of our brand, of our idea of perfumes and I love her signature. Elegant, classy. She is able to create wonderful balanced fragrances with character. In Cozumel she had to fall into my Mexico, the Mexico I’ve lived in my vacation 15 years ago and that’s it, Cozumel is born and is the perfect representation of what I have felt there. ”
“ Creator for over 10 years of ‘Autour du Bain’ fragrances, Marie Duchene has allowed us to fill our entire bath collection with evocative scents. Using her sensibility and wide experience as a perfumer, she was able over the years to articulate our desires, develop them, and create with us the little olfactory pleasures that make us dream. A true partnership but above all a close relationship! ”
“ Since its launch in June 2012, Marie Duchene is the “nose” of Parfumerie Arlesienne. Four years of collaboration during which Mary has always, with great sensitivity, listened to our wishes and translated them with talent into wonderful fragrances.”
“ Trendsetting and commercial, exotic or comforting, stylish and ultra-luxurious, contemporary or neo-classical, Marie Duchene’s creations enliven Calming Park scented candles since the beginning, one summer day of 2006 … Often when I present my candles, people burst with expletives: “ah”, “oh” or “mmm”! Being able to create a truly original scent when so many already exist is an amazing achievement in itself. But creating a modern fragrance that will remain contemporary over a long period of time is a tour de force that defines great creations. Like those of Marie Duchene. ”
