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Virginie Roux - Fondatrice Au pays de la fleur d'oranger

Virginie Roux

Founder
Committed and creative, Virginie creates very personal fragrances that reflect her inspirations as well as the soul of Provence from which the essences come.
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Jean-claude Gigodot

Perfumer
Independant perfumer who has learned from the best. From Switzerland to the United States, he did a benevolent and favourable apprenticeship, surrounded by beautiful materials.
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OUR BACKGROUND

Virginie Roux - Fondatrice Au pays de la fleur d'oranger

Virginie Roux was born in La Colle sur Loup, in Provence. Attached to its authentic roots, Virginie faithfully perpetuates the traditions and expertise of her ancestors. Committed and creative, Virginie creates very personal fragrances that reflect her inspirations as well as the soul of Provence from which the essences come.

Virginie, artistic director, has signed the collection of the brand with her perfumer accomplice Jean-Claude Gigodot giving all her soul and choosing the most beautiful raw materials.

Jean-Claude Gigodot

This perfumer was born in Grasse and started as a young chemist at De Laire in Paris. There he learned the job of perfumers, with Monique Schlienger and Edgar de Laire. His career is also closely linked to that of his friends Jean-Claude Ellena and Lucien Ferrero, whom he met in Switzerland at Givaudan in the early 1970s.

After many years’ experience in the USA and Grasse, Jean-Claude Gigodot set up his ‘Sentaromatique’ design company in the 90s. Among the brands he has worked for: Caron, L’Artisan Parfumeur (the famous boule de Provence with Jean Laporte) Sisley, Yves Rocher, Les Parfums de Rosine, Revlon or Esteban… He developed the perfume formulas for Au Pays de la Fleur d’Oranger.