Liberte

Cacharel · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2007

≈ $40 · 100ml · approx. retail

A citrus-floral with bitter orange and freesia over honeyed white flowers and sweet patchouli, created by Domitille Michalon Bertier and Olivier Polge in 2007. Marketed as 'the scent of freedom.'

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Best for

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Perfumer

Olivier Polge

French · 21 in collection

In-house perfumer for Chanel since 2015, succeeding his father Jacques Polge. Oversees new creations and modern flankers of the house's classics.

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Domitille Michalon Bertier

French · 17 in collection

A Paris-born, ISIPCA-trained perfumer who has spent her entire career at IFF, rising to senior fine-fragrance perfumer and later head of perfumery. She is best known for lush, gourmand-floral blockbusters created with or alongside the IFF studio.

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