Givaudan appoints VP Perfumer Calice Becker as new director for the Givaudan Perfumery School

Givaudan was proud to celebrate in 2016 the 70th anniversary of its renowned Perfumery School. The legacy of the school started in Grasse under the guidance of perfumer Jean Carles and, since its inception, the school has maintained its reputation and prestige for offering a top quality education in perfumery.

Today, the school is credited with training the perfumers who crafted one third of the fragrances available on the market. In 2015, we opened our campus in Singapore, an extension of our France based school, to cater to our customers in this growing region. We’re committed to providing exceptional training to the next generation of perfumers that will go on to hone their craft in our creative centres around the world.

We are pleased to announce that Calice Becker is appointed Director of the Givaudan Perfumery School. With the support of Alain Alchenberger, she will lead the training of the future perfumery talents who will craft the successful fragrances of tomorrow. In parallel, Calice will continue to create fragrances for select customers.

Calice joined Givaudan in 2007 at the time of the Quest acquisition as a VP Perfumer. She has worked in Paris and New York City, creating world renowned fragrances such as Dior J’adore, Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl, Marc Jacobs Lola, most of the By Kilian collection and some major consumer products.

An artist at heart with a scientific state of mind, Calice draws inspiration for her work in observing the artistic process across genres - music, painting and sculpting all contribute to her creative philosophy. Calice is a graduate from the Givaudan Perfumery School that she attended in Grasse.

“Calice is an exceptional perfumer and will be a great mentor for our students. Having her leading the Perfumery School will give us the capacity and flexibility to fulfil the three missions of the Perfumery School: develop Givaudan’s future perfumery talent; train our internal staff; and train our customers.”

Maurizio Volpi, President Fragrance Division