Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud was born on 24 January 1962 and is a French perfumer, formerly with the Swiss fragrance and flavor company Firmenich, who currently works for Louis Vuitton of the LVMH Luxury Group.
11 Facts About Jacques Cavallier
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Jacques Cavallier has created or collaborated in 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 Lancome.
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Jacques Cavallier began working at the age of 10 in perfume factories in Grasse during the summers.
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Jacques Cavallier later studied English and Spanish at the University of Nice.
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Jacques Cavallier first joined the perfumery company Charabot, and after three years went to the fine fragrance lab at Quest International in Naarden, Netherlands.
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Jacques Cavallier collaborated with Chantal Roos to create the iconic Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey in 1991, Jean Paul Gaultier's Women in 1993, Issey Miyake's L'Eau d'Issey for Men, Issey Miyake's Le Feu, and Yves Saint Laurent's Nu.
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Jacques Cavallier considers his most successful perfumes to be the Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio and the Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey.
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Jacques Cavallier has said that his favorite fragrances created by someone other than himself are Eau Sauvage by Christian Dior, created in 1966 by Edmond Roudnitska, and Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, created in 1977 by perfumers Jean-Louis Sieuzac, Jean Amic and Raymond Chaillan.
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In 2012, Jacques Cavallier left Firmenich to join the LVMH Luxury Group to formulate the first fragrance for Louis Vuitton, which was expected to be released in 2016.
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Jacques Cavallier collaborated with veteran perfumer Francois Demachy, who was already at LVMH, but Demachy was more involved with the technical and creative direction rather than as an in-house perfumer.
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In 2004, Jacques Cavallier was awarded the Prix Francois Coty, now known as the Prix International du Parfum.