12 Facts About Christine Nagel

Christine Nagel was born on 7 October 1959 and is a Swiss perfumer.

Christine Nagel has served as the in-house perfumer at Hermes since 2016.

Christine Nagel has been recognized with awards from the Fragrance Foundation France, the Francois Coty Foundation, and the Marie Claire International Fragrance Awards.

Christine Nagel began her career in the research department of Swiss fragrance firm Firmenich, where she became enchanted with the strong emotional reactions a male perfumer colleague's work elicited from the women smelling it.

Christine Nagel asked to transfer to the perfumery section, but lacking the traditional background was told no and switched to chromatography instead, examining fragrances and their ingredient recipes on a molecular level.

Subsequently, this has become a mechanized process but Christine Nagel was one of the few in the world trained to recognize ingredients using only her nose.

Unable to advance any further at Firmenich, Christine Nagel moved to Italy to strike out on her own.

Christine Nagel established herself with successful creations in a variety of registers.

In 2014, Christine Nagel went in-house at Hermes, joining Jean-Claude Ellena who had become the brand's first house perfumer in 2004.

In 2016, as Ellena neared retirement, Christine Nagel became the sole in-house perfumer at Hermes and the director of olfactive creations for Hermes Parfums.

Two of Christine Nagel's first Hermes releases were Galop, a rose and leather scent inspired by Doblis, a suede-like leather kept in the Hermes cave of archival leather in Paris, and Twilly, a youthful fragrance that added ginger as a twist on a classic tuberose note.

Christine Nagel is married to Benoit Lapouza, who is a perfumer.