David Apel

Perfumer David Apel

David Apel is a Senior Perfumer of fine fragrances at Symrise. He began his fragrance career in 1980 as a compounder at Givaudan, where he became a Perfumer in 1988. In 1991 he won the Young Perfumer Award from the American Society of Perfumers. Apel left Givaudan for four years in 1997 and went to work at Fragrance Resources, but returned to Givaudan in 2001. He was hired at Symrise in October 2007. He is married to perfumer Carolina Sabas. David Apel has created fragrances for Cerruti, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss.

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Latest Fragrance Creations

All Perfumes created by David Apel


A.N. Other

OR/18 - 2018 (David Apel calls it "Cannabis Cupcake")

Alfred Sung

Hei - 2002
Paradise - 2003
Paradise for Men - 2003

Avon

Interact - 2006
Luck for Him - 2014
Passion - 2013

Bath & Body Works

P.S. I Love You - 2009

Bond No. 9

Bleecker Street - 2005
Wall Street - 2004

Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers Classic Cologne

Calvin Klein

Escape for Men - 1993 (with Steve Demercado)

Carolina Herrera

212 VIP Men - 2011 (with Emilie Coppermann)

Elizabeth Arden

Sunflowers - 1993

Folie a Plusieurs

Talk to Her I - 2017

Gap

Gap Established 1969 Electric

Halle Berry

Exotic Jasmine - 2013

Jo Malone

London Rain White Jasmine & Mint - 2014 (with Pierre Negrin)
White Jasmine & Mint - 2007

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti for Men
Luciano Pavarotti Donna

Nina Ricci

Les Belles de Ricci - 1996

O Boticario

Linda Inspiracao - 2013

Phlur

Greylocke - 2016
Siano - 2016

Pinrose

Campfire Rebel - 2014
Cuddle Punk - 2014
Gilded Fox - 2016
Pinrose - 2014

Ralph Lauren

Ralph Cool - 2004 (with Pierre Negrin)
Ralph Lauren Blue for Women - 2005 (with Pierre Negrin)

Sean John

Unforgivable - 2006 (with Aurelien Guichard)
Unforgivable Multi Platinum - 2007
Unforgivable Woman - 2007 (with Aurelien Guichard)

Six Scents

Digitalis - 2016 (Parfums Quartana)
Incense by the Sea - 2011
Verde - 2011

Tom Ford

Black Orchid - 2006 (with Pierre Negrin)
Black Orchid Voile de Fleur - 2007 (with Pierre Negrin)
Bois Rouge - 2007
Purple Patchouli - 2007
Velvet Gardenia - 2007

Trussardi

A Way for Her - 2014

Van Cleef & Arpels

Reve - 2013



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