THE NOSE
Sofia Bardelli
Sofia loves to fly. And travel. In flight there is intuition, shifting currents, air pockets, and sudden accelerations. And she creates like this, as one flies. From above, everything recomposes itself, hidden symmetries emerge. In the journey, certainties are undone and the meaning of distances is rewritten. Deverting does not arise from what is before the eyes, but from what is intuited only by changing perspective. Flying, and tilting the head. Like this.
After graduating in Pharmacy from the University of Pavia, Sofia moved to Grasse, the world capital of perfume. After passing a global selection process, she was one of twelve candidates chosen to attend the prestigious Grasse Institute of Perfumery, sponsored by Givaudan. Her training in Grasse taught her to love and recognize the highest quality raw materials, which constantly inspire her creativity and define her olfactory signature.
For her creations, Sofia draws inspiration from her passion for the natural world and from fields as broad as botany, astronomy, and travel. Her bold and reactive approach is guided by research and the valorization of the most precious ingredients.
IL NASO
Vincent Ricord
The perfumer, like the musician, orchestrates emotions. He works not only with raw materials, but also with silences, waits, and nuances. Each fragrance becomes a melody to be breathed in, an intimate concert that belongs to the wearer. And in perfume, as in music, what remains is the invisible emotion, suspended between silence and memory. Is this why Vincent is so talented?
Vincent comes from a family of perfumers in Grasse. This deep family tradition immersed him in the world of olfactory perfumery from an early age. His passion was ignited during an internship at just thirteen years old. With twenty years as a Senior Perfumer, he has worked for prestigious French perfume houses and dedicated part of his career to teaching, training the next generation of perfumers at the École Supérieure du Parfum in Paris.
Experience at international creative centers has taught him to combine the Grasse heritage with a modern approach. Vincent draws inspiration from the world of art and music, seeing composition as the art of creating the perfect "soundtrack" for an emotion. His approach is bold and refined, driven by the search for the perfect accord.
IL NASO
Bertrand Duchaufour
Bertrand experiences perfumery as an invisible architecture and an act of pure exploration. Defined within the industry as a "master of disorder," in his creative process the raw material is not merely shaped, but interrogated until it reveals its most intimate contrasts. He moves the olfactory structure between sudden lights and deep shadows, challenging the conventions of traditional balance. For Bertrand, to create means to recompose chaos, transforming the complexity of nature and the tension of the unexpected into a solid and unexpected sensory geography. His art is born where the rigor of detail meets the breaking of patterns.
Trained in Grasse at the Lautier-Florasynth laboratories, Bertrand consolidated his technical mastery at giants such as Synarome and Symrise, before choosing expressive independence. Among the pioneers of artistic perfumery, he has signed some of the most iconic, layered and avant-garde compositions of recent decades. His knowledge of raw materials defines an unmistakable olfactory signature, recognized for its exceptional persistence and character. Bertrand draws his vital energy from a passion for Africa, from journeys to remote lands, from archaeology and the visual arts, including painting. His approach is that of an artisan-artist who works through layers and nuances, orchestrating rare ingredients, gourmand notes and alcoholic accents with bold precision. Each of his fragrances is a visual narrative transposed into scent, an impalpable sculpture conceived to embrace the unexpected and to leave a lasting imprint on the memory.
THE COPYWRITER
Simone Tempia
The copywriter behind many of Devertere's words.
Simone Tempia was born in an industrious province of the North West. Author, writer, lover of words, passionate about artistic perfumery.
He is the author of the "poems" you read on the packaging of every one of our fragrances.
At the age of 14, he decided that all he wanted to do in life was write, and since then he has been working to make it happen.
In 2014, he launched the "Vita con Lloyd" page, which has over half a million loyal readers and inspired the bestsellers Vita con Lloyd, In viaggio con Lloyd and Un anno con Lloyd. He has written a play with Marco Paolini, the biography of Bruno Bozzetto, a series for Mickey Mouse (Topolino), held storytelling courses, and works as a copywriter at an agency called Welcome.
He writes for "Vogue" and has collaborated with "Wired", "GQ", and Missoni.
In 2020, he published Storie per genitori appena nati, using the language of fairy tales to touch upon the crucial themes of parenthood.
Every day, he looks for the stories hidden within each fragrance.