Maxime Exler
A French perfumer whose work ranges from intimate musks to dense tea and spice, allowing closeness and force to coexist.
France
About Maxime Exler
Maxime Exler is a French perfumer with MANE. Public profiles identify training at the MANE School of Perfumery and earlier work with Symrise, alongside a portfolio spanning brands in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. This geographical range is matched by an ability to work across very different briefs, from close, skin-like effects to emphatic oriental and gourmand structures.
Career
Detailed primary biography remains limited, but his work at MANE includes fine-fragrance creation and collaborative projects with brands and fellow perfumers. Industry interviews describe collaboration as a way to bring another perspective into the development of a composition. His credited portfolio reflects that openness, combining house technique with the distinct language and audience of each brand.
Creative Style & Philosophy
Exler works across intimate musks, dense spices, tea, and animalic materials, allowing closeness and force to coexist. Naked Laundry combines aldehydic cleanliness with animalic materials and musk, while Black Karak builds black tea, spice, milk, and oud into a darker gourmand structure. Together they demonstrate his interest in tactile transitions: clean to bodily, dry to creamy, and familiar to unsettling.
Signature Works
- *Naked Laundry — BORNTOSTANDOUT, 2024* — A composition colliding clean aldehydes with animalic skin tones.
- *Black Karak — BORNTOSTANDOUT, 2025* — A dark gourmand of black tea, spice, milk, and oud.
- *Lovers and Strangers — TOBBA, 2025* — A co-composition documented in an industry interview.
