Annick Ménardo

Annick Ménardo is a contemporary perfumer who worked under the fragrance firm Firmenich since joining in 1991. Although she has a background in a wide base of sciences such as biochemistry and medicine, Annick Ménardo pursued perfumery as her subject of study and is a graduate of the French perfume academy ISIPCA. She was mentored under Michel Almayrac while working at Créations Aromatiques and her early work is influenced by his stylecite web | name= S-Perfume | title=/AKM/ Annick Ménardo (a k a AKM)| url=http://perfumer.s-perfume.com/AKM/| publisher = S-Perfume |accessdate = 2008-05-07]

Annick Ménardois also known in her work with sculptor Shioya Nobi in his "/7S/" olfactory art installation and created the scent for the sculpture "Anger". It is noted by Nobi that she was easily assigned to the piece "...because (she) is always angry."Citation| last =Burr |first=Chandler | title =Art Scenter | magazine= V| pages=64-64 |year=2006| date=Summer 2006]

Works

Annick Ménardo has created many notable perfumes including:
*Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin, "Lolita Lempicka"
*Body Kouros, "Yves Saint Laurent"
*Hypnotic Poison, "Christian Dior"
*Hugo Boss, "Boss"
*Black, "Bvlgari"
*Lolita Lempicka, "Lolita Lempicka"

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