Andrea Thero Casotti
An Italian perfumer who joins engineering discipline with a street-art sensibility, bringing different cultures and materials into vivid olfactory narratives.
Italy
About Andrea Thero Casotti
Andrea Thero Casotti is an Italian perfumer who developed the concept of The House of Oud and leads CFF. In his official account, engineering, art, and fragrance are not separate careers but complementary ways of organizing an idea.
Career
He studied engineering before discovering that a fragrance laboratory could unite technical concentration with creative practice. He now serves as CEO of CFF while remaining closely involved in the olfactory direction of projects including Moresque and The House of Oud.
Creative Style & Philosophy
His work moves between method and intuition, Eastern and Western references, color, texture, and unusual materials. He describes genuine niche creation as work strong enough to form its own audience, rather than a product designed for a pre-existing market category.
This approach keeps narrative movement legible even when the palette is dense: edible textures, bright fruit, flowers, resins, and oud are arranged as changing scenes, with technical control supporting rather than flattening the expressive idea.
Signature Works
- *Almond Harmony — The House of Oud, 2016* — A smooth composition joining almond, florals, vanilla, and woods.
- *Dates Delight — The House of Oud, 2016* — A dense gourmand built around dates, honey, spices, and resins.
- *Keep Glazed — The House of Oud, 2019* — A modern gourmand that gives fruit and creamy textures a bright movement.
