Steven Claisse
American perfumer and senior perfumer at Takasago, credited with fragrances for Clean and Marc Jacobs.
United States
About Steven Claisse
Steven Claisse is an American perfumer best known for senior leadership roles at Takasago and for creating fragrances for brands including Clean and Marc Jacobs.
Career
Abbott’s perfumer profile identifies Claisse as a senior perfumer at Takasago and says his career spans more than 35 years. A Clean Beauty interview describes him as Vice President and Senior Perfumer at Takasago and notes that he began in fragrance after working as a lab technician, then trained through apprenticeship and study; the same interview also says he won an American Society of Perfumers scholarship to visit Grasse and meet Edmund Roudnitska.
Creative Style & Philosophy
Claisse describes his process as highly hands-on and music-driven: he says he creates with music on, starts with espresso, and works by comparing materials and taking copious notes during development. The sources available here do not support a detailed stylistic doctrine beyond this process-oriented, technical approach.
Signature Works
- *CLEAN RESERVE Warm Cotton — Clean, 2015* — Fresh cotton-themed fragrance credited to Steven Claisse in Clean’s interview material.
- *Blend Skin Eau de Parfum — Clean Reserve* — Clean Reserve fragrance product page credits Steven Claisse as perfumer.
- *Citrine Veil — A.N. OTHER* — Retail page credits Steven Claisse as perfumer for this collaboration fragrance.
