Meet the Parisian Genius Behind the World's Greatest Scents

Smell is so powerfully associated with memory that even the most mainstream, mass-produced fragrances can become deeply personal. A cologne doesn’t have to be bespoke to be meaningful — but it doesn’t hurt. A perfumer creates something larger than the sum of the ingredients, a product that embodies emotion, moments, and identity. That is what Blaise Mautin does, both for individual clients and large hotels like the Park Hyatt. He is a French perfume designer and an eccentric,