CHRISTOPHE LAUDAMIEL 1969 Born Clermont-Ferrand, France 1969 Currently lives and works in New York City EDUCATION 1999 Advanced Certification as Quality Assurance Officer, Procter & Gamble 1997 Creative Perfumery Degree, Procter & Gamble, European Center, Brussels BELGIUM 1992 German proficiency degree, Goethe Institute, Boston UNITED STATES 1992 Qualification to handle radioactive materials, MIT and Harvard Medical School UNITED STATES 1991-2 Graduate school (5.0/5.0) in Chemistry and German, UNITED STATES Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 1991 Master’s Degree European Higher Institute of Chemistry, Valedictorian, Strasbourg FRANCE 1986 Scientific Baccalaureat (Hon.) 1991 Passed Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) 1990 Internship as inorganic chemist on gas phase synthesis, Stuttgart University GERMANY Internship as analytical chemist, Center of Nuclear Research, Karlsruhe GERMANY SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2017 Dillon Gallery, “Over 21”, New York UNITED STATES 2016 Basel Culture Museum, “Air Sculpture Opium Den and Air Sculpture Beyond Opium”, SWITZERLAND Basel 2015 Art and Science Gallery, “Memory: Witness of the Unimaginable”, Boston UNITED STATES Musum of the Moving Image, “New Narrative Experience”, New York UNITED STATES 2013 Art Miami, Dillon Gallery, Miami UNITED STATES ICONOSMS, in collaboration with Christoph Hornetz, Dillon Gallery, New York UNITED STATES 2009 ScentOpera, 33 fragrances, Guggenheim Museums, New York and Bilbao SPAIN / U.S. The Scent of Discovery, Matthias Kessler AUSTRIA 2008 University of the Arts, Berlin, Fashion Show, 2 fragrances GERMANY Orlan, Le Baiser de L’artiste, Le Plateau, Paris, 2 fragrances FRANCE 2008 The World Economic Forum, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, 3 fragrances EGYPT Extinct and Impossible Smells, the Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, UNITED KINGDOM 2 scents: Hiroshima and The Plague Extinct and Impossible Smells, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, UNITED STATES 2 scents: Hiroshima and The Plague The World Economic Forum, Davos Switzerland, 8 fragrances 2007 Orlan, Gallerie Lambert, 2 fragrances, Avignon FRANCE The Perfumes of Perfume, World Perfumery Congress, 15 fragrances FRANCE Orlan, Musée d’Art Contemporain de St Etienne Métropole, 3 scents FRANCE 2007 Global tour of press conferences and exhibitions for the set of 15 artistic fragrance creations on Perfume, the story of a murderer 2006 The Biggest Power Show: The Power of Scent, Coalwash Building Zollverein, Essen GERMANY 2005 Visionaire exhibit, Art Basel Miami, flavors “Guilty” and “Orgasm”, Miami UNITED STATES Five+sensotel: Hotel suite of the future, with Christoph Hornetz, Zurich, TRAVELLING Innsbrueck, London 2005 IFF Exhibit, Trump Tower, personal portrait and fragrance, New York fragrance week UNITED STATES Nichi-Doku, Germany-Japan, Designtransfer Gallery, 8 fragrances, GERMANY University of the Arts, Berlin Milk & Honey, Bread & Butter Barcelona Fashion Fair, 4 fragrances SPAIN Iconosm, solo show with photographer L.E. Badessi, Living with Art Gallery, UNITED STATES New York Nichi-Doku, German year in Japan, 4 fragrances, Mori Museum Tower, Tokyo JAPAN Milk & Honey, Bread & Butter Berlin Fashion Fair, 4 fragrances GERMANY 2004 Olfactiano with Peter de Cupere, first scent piano, Brussels BELGIUM “New suit” and “Old suit,” Marriage with Peter de Cupere, BELGIUM Antwerp Fashion Institute, Antwerp Visionaire exhibit, Trump Tower, fragrances “Success” and “Mother”, UNITED STATES New York fragrance week, New York Iconosm “Twirl,” Photo New York, the First New York International UNITED STATES Photographic Art Exposition, New York Visionaire exhibit, HBA congress, fragrances “Success”, “Mother” and “Heat”, UNITED STATES New York Iconosm “Voila Sex”, Anatomically Correct, Broadway Gallery, New York UNITED STATES 2003 Visionaire opening exhibits, “Success”, “Mother” and “Heat”, TRAVELLING 487 West 22nd Street New York, NY 10011 212 727 8585 www.dillongallery.com New York, Paris, Saõ Paulo, London Iconosms, Art Miami+ Fine Art Gallery and closing party Miami Art Basel UNITED STATES “Expansion #6” first ever Iconosm with academic conference, Art+ Fine Art Gallery, UNITED STATES Miami “Expansion #6” Iconosm, Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knocke BELGIUM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008 Co-CEO and Chief Perfumer of Aeosphere LLC 2004-08 Senior Perfumer, Innovation, IFF New York and Berlin GERMANY / U.S. 2000- 08 Senior Perfumer, Fine Fragrances, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., UNITED STATES New York 1994-00 Perfumer & Senior Perfumer, Procter & Gamble, Brussels, Cincinnati and Newcastle u/ Tyne 1993-94 Internship as flavor chemist in Health Care, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati UNITED STATES 1990 Internship as product development manager, Procter & Gamble, Paris FRANCE 1990 Internship as organic chemist, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki JAPAN 1989 Internship as inorganic chemist, Riedel-de Haen, Hanover GERMANY ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE / CONFERENCES 2003-present Visiting faculty, University of the Arts, Berlin GERMANY 2004-present Advisor to famous chef Heston Blumenthal, The Fat Duck, Bray in Berkshire UNITED KINGDOM 2002-08 Lecturer in perfumery, Royal College of Art, London UNITED KINGDOM 2009 Conference on ScentOpera, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao SPAIN Expert panelist, Horatis on India, Munich GERMANY Keynote speaker, ESOMAR Fragrances, Cannes FRANCE Speaker and expert panelist at IFRA workshop day, Brussels BELGIUM 2008 Speaker at the HBA Global Expo and Educational Conference, New York UNITED STATES Speaker and expert panelist at Scent World Expo 2008, New York UNITED STATES Workshop “The Power of Scent” and speaker to the Religious Leaders, EGYPT World Economic Forum, Sharm el Sheikh Speaker at Mind08, a conference organized by MoMA New York UNITED STATES and Seed magazine Workshops “The Power of Scent” and “a Nose for Business” for the World SWITZERLAND Economic Forum, Davos 2007 Speaker at the Imperial College for the Royal Society of Chemists, London UNITED KINGDOM Speaker at Entertaining Science, a show hosted by Nobel laureate UNITED STATES Prof. Roald Hoffmann, Cornelia Street Café, New York 2007 Lecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design-Architecture, UNITED STATES Cambridge Workshop, “The Scent of Success” for the World Economic Forum, Davos SWITZERLAND 2006 Lecture, Fribourg University, Department of Chemistry SWITZERLAND Expert panellist, Centifolia Congress on natural ingredients, Grasse FRANCE Show “Share the Passion” (main guest) at the annual German Perfumery GERMANY Congress 2006 Lecture, New York University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies UNITED STATES 2001-2005 Lecturer in perfumery, Royal Fashion Institute, Antwerp BELGIUM 2005 Key note speaker, 51st American Society of Perfumers Symposium, UNITED STATES Liberty Park Key note speaker, London Surface Design Show, London UNITED KINGDOM 2004-05 Lectures, Columbia University, Department of Neuroscience, New York UNITED STATES 2004 Key note speaker, Symposia on Naturals, Procter & Gamble, BELGIUM / U.S. Brussels and Cincinnati 1992-93 Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, Chemistry Department, to Prof. UNITED STATES Nobel Prize winner Dudley Herschbach and Prof. James E. Davis, Cambridge 1991-92 Procter & Gamble Teaching Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES Chemistry Department, to Prof. Nobel Prize winner R. R. Schrock and Prof. R. W. Field, Cambridge CREATIONS-FINE FRAGRANCES GLOBAL 2009 SCENTOPERA, Aeosphere, (Guggenheim Museums NYC and Bilbao) Scent creations by Christophe Laudamiel 2008 White Linen, PINK CORAL, Estée Lauder an original idea of Christophe Laudamiel a realization by Christophe Laudamiel and Jean-Marc Chaillan 2006 LUXURY CASE, 15 fragrances in a Coffret, Thierry Mugler and Constantin Film, 2006 487 West 22nd Street New York, NY 10011 212 727 8585 www.dillongallery.com (“Top 25 items to have in 2007” by US Vogue magazine, #1 item must-have by Gala magazine Germany, US-Fifi award 2007 double nominee, UK-Fifi special 2007 award winner, France Talents du Luxe 2006 nominee) an original idea of Christophe Laudamiel a realization by Christophe Laudamiel and Christoph Hornetz inspired from “The Perfume” by Patrick Süskind 2006 PURE WHITE LINEN, Estée Lauder an original idea of Sophie Labbe a realization by Sophie Labbe, Yves Cassar, Jean-Marc Chaillan and Christophe Laudamiel 2006 FIDJI ISLAND, Michael Kors an original idea of Christophe Laudamiel a realization by Loc Dong and Christophe Laudamiel 2006 LONDON, Burberry (US-Fifi and UK-Fifi 2007 nominee) an original idea of Christophe Laudamiel a realization by Dominique Roupion and Jean-Marc Chaillan 2006 TOMMY SUMMER MEN, Tommy Hilfiger original idea and realization 2005 AMBER NUDE, Tom Ford for Estée Lauder (US-Fifi 2006 award nominee) original idea and realization starting from Youth Dew, Estee Lauder 2005 TRUE STAR GOLD, Beyoncé Knowles, Tommy Hilfiger original idea and realization 2005 HAPPY IN BLOOM, Clinique original idea and realization starting from Happy, Clinique 2005 WONDERFUL, Beauty Bank an original idea of Christophe Laudamiel a realization by Christophe Laudamiel and Pascal Gaurin 2005 ISLAND, Michael Kors(Fifi award 2006 fragrance nominee, Fifi award Bath&Body 2006 winner) an original idea of Christophe Laudamiel a realization by Christophe Laudamiel and Loc Dong a technical solution by Christophe Laudamiel 2005 AGASSI MY SUMMER, Aramis original idea and realization 2003 HAPPY HEART, Clinique an original idea of Christophe Laudamiel a realization by Christophe Laudamiel and Olivier Polge 2002 POLO BLUE FOR MEN, Ralph Lauren