Jacques Polge is a French perfumer

Perfumer

A perfumer is a term used for an expert on creating perfume compositions, sometimes referred to affectionately as a Nose due to their fine sense of smell and skill in producing olfactory compositions...

 who works as the head of Parfums Chanel

Chanel

Chanel S.A. is a French fashion house founded by the couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, well established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods . She gained the name "Coco" while maintaining a career as a singer at a café in France...

 starting in 1978 to the present. He is the third director of the perfume division after Ernest Beaux

Ernest Beaux

Ernest Beaux , was a Russian and French perfumer best known for creating Chanel No. 5, perhaps the world's most famous perfume.- Family background :...

 and Henri Robert

Henri Robert

Henri Robert is the second Chanel in-house perfumer after the departure of Ernest Beaux, famed creator of Chanel No. 5. Robert was born in 1899 in Grasse and began his career as a perfumer at with Chiris. Following that he joined Parfums d'Orsay and subsequently Coty...

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Jacques Polge grew up near Avignon

Avignon

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, France

France

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, where he says he was inspired as a child by the scent of air in the surroundings of Grasse

Grasse

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, which was redolent with the scent of jasmine

Jasmine

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. After university, Jacques Polge began a traditional apprenticeship in Grasse under the guidance of Jean Carles

Jean Carles

Jean Carles was a French perfumer who worked in Roure in the early 20th century. He was the founder of the Roure Perfumery School and served as its first director in 1946....

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Works

His creations at Chanel included:

• Antaeus (1981):
• Coco (1984): A perfume inspired by the Parisian home of Coco Chanel
  Coco Chanel
  Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel...
  
  
• Egoiste (1990): Originally launched as a limited edition scent under the name "Bois Noir"' in 1987, the fragrance was eventually relauched to the general perfume market under the present name. Égoïste is the favourite perfume work of Jacques Polge of his own creation
• Allure (1996):
• Coco Mademoiselle
  Coco Mademoiselle
  Coco Mademoiselle is a women's perfume in the Chanel collection that was introduced in 2001 for the younger Chanel fans.The fragrance was created by Jacques Polge, the nose of Chanel since 1978.-Coco Mademoiselle le Film:...
  
  (2001):
• Chance (2002):
• Bleu De Chanel (2010):