Meet with Symrise Master Perfumer Emilie Coppermann 1/6 “I’ll be where I’m least expected.” This could easily be Emilie Coppermann’s mantra, given that her creations cultivate a signature at once delicate and full of surprises: the harmony born of opposites and counterintuitive choices of ingredients. There is no denying that the more you find out about the Parisian perfumer, who was brought up by hippie parents and a grandmother devoted to Chanel, the more surprising she becomes. Alongside the boundless love she feels for her native city is an all-consuming passion for travelling to far-off places, from Tanzania to Japan. She is both a professional with a dazzling career and an adoring mother of a happy band of four children, whose photos dot the wall opposite her desk. A Master Perfumer since 2016 and lynchpin of a team that’s one big happy family, Emilie manages to juggle everything, even finding time to play the piano. Living her life at full throttle, she stays balanced thanks to the contrasts that mark it – and always with a smile on her face. . @emilie.coppermann Text: @sarah.bouasse Pix: @edebonneval . #emiliecoppermann #symrise #finefragrance #perfumer #parisianperfumer