CAVALLIER BELLETRUD
Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud is a French perfumer currently working for Louis Vuitton of the LVMH Luxury Group. He was born in Grasse, France, a town known for centuries for manufacturing perfumes. He comes from a family of perfumers; his father and grandfather were also perfumers. He has created or collaborated in creating over 80 fragrances and perfumes for fashion house brands such as Parfums Christian Dior, Parfums Givenchy, Issey Miyake, Yves Saint Laurent, Fenty Beauty, and Lancôme.
Cavallier is credited with incorporating the synthetic molecule methylbenzodioxepinone (8-methyl-1,5-benzodiazepine-3-one), known as Calone 1951, into several of his most successful perfumes, such as Aqua di Gio and L'Eau d'Issey. Calone provides the prominent "marine" scent in perfumes and gives a light, airy, sea-breeze scent with an aqueous watermelon/melon feel. He considers his most successful fragrances Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio and Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey.
In 2012, Cavallier joined LVMH Luxury Group as its in-house perfumer to formulate the first fragrance for Louis Vuitton, released in 2016. LVMH follows a trend of dedicated in-house perfumers working at luxury fragrance brands, including Jacques Polges at Chanel, Jean-Claude Ellena at Hermès, Mathilde Laurent at Cartier, Thomas Fontaine at Jean Patou, and Thierry Wasser at Guerlain.
