Perfumers are notoriously hard to get a hold of… 
The role of a perfumer is not unlike that of a composer; they are tasked with the delicate job of creating a fragrance from scratch. What follows is an oh-so precise process of balancing lightness (just a touch more jasmine?) with heavier notes (hold the sandalwood) until the olfactory composition is complete. 
Perfumers ? often affectionately referred to as a ?nose? ? are the enigmas of the beauty world. Occasionally, you will meet a high profile ?nose? (case in point: Christine Nagel, the in-house perfumer at Hermès) but for the most part, the artistic geniuses behind our most-loved perfumes fly under the radar. 
So you can understand our excitement when Sophie Labbé, the perfumer behind Versace?s recently-released Dylan Turquoise EDT agreed to speak to Gritty Pretty. Here, she shares the process of creating a fragrance for the House of Versace from start to finish.
Hi Sophie! Nice to meet you. My first question for you is: how did you become a perfumer"
It was a profession that I didn?t know existed! I grew up in the west of France where my father grew grapes for Cognac. However, I was always very interested in the power of scent. 
Later, when I was studying biology and chemistry at a university in Paris, I read an article on the school ISIPCA in Versailles where they trained people to become a perfumer. 
I thought it was a super idea but first, I wanted ...