Caroline Sabas
A French perfumer working with Givaudan in New York, known for lucid florals and contemporary fruit treatments across a wide range of fragrance houses.
France
About Caroline Sabas
Caroline Sabas is a **French perfumer** and senior perfumer at **Givaudan** in New York. Profiles consistently place her upbringing in **Cannes and Grasse**, her training at **ISIPCA** with an apprenticeship at **Chanel**, and her early career at **Fragrance Resources** before joining Givaudan in 2003.
Career
Sabas has said she was raised in Grasse, where she first fell in love with fragrance as a teenager after stepping into a perfumer’s lab. She studied at ISIPCA in Versailles, trained at Chanel in Paris, and later moved to New York, where she began working at Fragrance Resources in 1997 and then joined Givaudan’s New York fine-fragrance division in 2003. Trade and brand profiles describe her as a senior perfumer who primarily works in fine fragrance while also translating ideas into related product formats.
Creative Style & Philosophy
Her style is described as **imaginative** and **versatile**, with an emphasis on emotional impact and a wide range of scent materials. In an interview, she highlighted amber, coconut, and mimosa as notes she especially likes working with, and she has described fine fragrance as her favorite category. Commodity’s profile also links her creativity to the ethical sourcing story behind vetiver, reflecting her interest in how fragrance can connect to both feeling and origin.
Signature Works
- *You or Someone Like You — Etat Libre d’Orange, 2017* — Citrus aromatic fragrance launched in 2017; credited to Caroline Sabas.
- *Reb’l Fleur — Rihanna, 2010* — Fruity chypre fragrance launched in 2010; credited to Caroline Sabas and Marypierre Julien.
- *Santal Musc — Narciso Rodriguez* — Musk-centered fragrance credited to Caroline Sabas in perfumer profiles.
