A nose, or perfumer, creates new scents for perfumes, soaps, and shampoos. Only around fifty are truly talented, and they require years of training in perfumery and chemistry. They consider factors such as cost, stability, and marketability when creating a scent. The services of a talented nose can be expensive, and they are hyperaware of all factors that can influence a scent.
A nose is someone who develops new blends of scents, ranging from blends used in custom perfumes to scents that will be added to things like soaps and shampoos. At any given time, there are thousands of noses in the world, but only about fifty are truly talented individuals, some of whom are famous in their own right. The best perfume companies employ several noses to work on their perfumes, while others choose to work independently, forming their own companies to produce and sell fragrances.
The technical name for a nose is “perfumer,” with “nose” being more like a friendly slang term. To become a perfumer, someone must have a natural aptitude for perfume, coupled with a long period of training. The best noses train in Grasse, France, a region renowned for centuries for the production of perfumes, and it can take seven or more years to complete their training in perfumery.
Traditionally, a nose would be trained as an apprentice, working with another perfumer, often a family member, to learn the tricks of the trade. In addition to being able to identify and blend scents, a nose also needs to think about issues such as the cost of production, the stability of a scent after bottling, and how a scent will interact with other substances. Modern noses typically pursue advanced degrees in chemistry in addition to training in the perfume industry, and many also study psychology, as psychology is a very important aspect of the perfume industry.
The services of an extremely talented nose can be quite expensive. Noses are capable of isolating and identifying thousands of odors and use a wide variety of resources to create scent blends that are suitable for a wide range of individuals. When creating a new fragrance, a nose thinks about who the perfume will be marketed to and where it will be sold to, as people of different classes, genders and nationalities prefer different scents. I am also able to design perfumes for specific individuals; such services are usually only available to extremely wealthy people and the blend remains the exclusive property of the nose.
Working as a nose may sound romantic, but it’s also hard work. A nose needs to be hyperaware of all the factors that can influence a scent, ranging from substances in the paper swabs they use to test fragrance oils to ambient odors in the lab. Most of the elite noses are looked after by support staff and apprentices hoping to learn their trade from a master.
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