Key facts
- 1970Firmenich hires Morillas as a beginner, after two years at the Beaux Arts school in Geneva.
- 1996Acqua di Giò pour Homme, Giorgio Armani, on his dsm-firmenich list.
- 2007Light Blue pour Homme, Dolce and Gabbana, on the same list.
- 2016Dylan Blue pour Homme, Versace, on the same list.
- 2013The Fragrance Foundation honors him and counts 284 attributed creations.
- Nearly 700The fragrances his own house, Mizensir, says he has composed.
Where does the credit for these three scents come from?
From the company he works for. dsm-firmenich's major win list for Alberto Morillas, linked from its public page about him, carries all three lines with their houses and years. The list names the men's versions, pour Homme and Homme; the women's Light Blue and Dylan Blue pour Femme are not on it, so the credit here covers the men's scents only.
How did Alberto Morillas become a perfumer?
Through a magazine. The Fragrance Foundation says he was living in Switzerland when he read an article about the house of Guerlain in French Vogue and suddenly realised, as he puts it, "That this was a real job!" He studied at the Beaux Arts school in Geneva for two years before joining Firmenich in 1970.
Is Alberto Morillas self-taught?
Largely. The Fragrance Foundation, which named him among its 2013 honorees, describes him as mostly self-trained in the art of perfumery. A 2023 interview in Challenges, republished by his own house Mizensir, says Firmenich, a Swiss heavyweight in fragrances and flavors, hired him as a beginner, and that he has stayed loyal to the employer that gave him his chance.
How many perfumes has Alberto Morillas made?
Mizensir, the house he founded, says he has composed nearly 700 fragrances, including some of the world's most iconic. The Fragrance Foundation counted 284 attributed creations in 2013, a figure ten years older. The two numbers describe the same career at different moments, not a conflict between sources.
Sources
Primary sources only. Every statement on this page restates one of them, read by the Fragnatique team.
