Zavelier · The perfumers
A New York creative career and a commitment to mentorship
Olivier Gillotin trained at the Givaudan Perfumery School and developed a long career within the house, working from New York. His professional life has combined fragrance creation with the mentoring of other perfumers.
In 2022, the American Society of Perfumers recognised that contribution with its Lifetime Achievement Perfumer Award. Givaudan’s announcement highlighted both his creative work and his role within the wider team, identifying him as vice-president of perfumery.
His credited creations include Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, one of the perfumes through which many wearers first encounter his work. The career connects a thorough fragrance-house education with the practical demands of creating for international brands and the quieter responsibility of passing on knowledge. The compositions below provide further ways to explore that body of work, with shared credits retained where a perfume was developed by several creators.
Explore the fragrances
Discover the compositions represented at Zavelier. Shared credits identify fragrances created with other perfumers.