Jacques Cavallier Belletrud

Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud is a French perfumer currently working for Louis Vuitton of the LVMH Luxury Group. He was born in Grasse, France, a city known for its perfumery for centuries. He comes from a family of perfumers; his father and grandfather were also perfumers. He has created or collaborated on the creation of over 80 fragrances and perfumes for fashion house brands such as Parfums Christian Dior , Parfums Givenchy , Issey Miyake , Yves Saint Laurent , Fenty Beauty and Lancôme.

Cavallier is credited with incorporating the synthetic molecule methylbenzodioxepinone (8-methyl-1,5-benzodiazepine-3-one), known as Calone 1951, into several of his most successful fragrances, including Aqua di Gio and L'Eau d'Issey . Calone provides the prominent "marine" scent in perfumes, imparting a light, airy, sea-breeze scent with a watermelon/melon-like feel. He considers his most successful fragrances to be Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio and Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey.

In 2012, Cavallier joined LVMH Luxury Group as in-house perfumer to formulate the first fragrance for Louis Vuitton, released in 2016. LVMH follows a trend of dedicated in-house perfumers working at luxury fragrance brands, including Jacques Polges at Chanel , Jean-Claude Ellena at Hermès , Mathilde Laurent at Cartier, Thomas Fontaine at Jean Patou and Thierry Wasser at Guerlain .

Company: Louis Vuitton

Also worked with: Charabot, Naarden, PFW, Firmenich

Web: louisvuitton.com