NPA HALL OF FAME
The NPA Hall of Fame is a growing showcase of graduates and qualified alumni who have gone on to work professionally in natural perfumery, scent, formulation, education and related aromatic arts. If you are an NPA graduate and would like your work included, we’d love to hear from you.
Muriel Mansier Ottavi
The natural perfumer behind Swiss botanical perfume house Elganaur, Muriel creates sophisticated compositions with a distinctive signature, refined diffusion and remarkable development on the skin.
Read Muriel's StoryAne Walsh
Ane Walsh was among the Natural Perfume Academy's earliest students in 2008 and went on to become a natural perfumer, author, educator and one of the Academy's longest-standing teachers. Her work has played an important role in the development of natural perfumery education in Brazil.
Read Ane's StoryErnestina Y. A. Kobi
Ghanaian natural perfumer and formulator Ernestina Kobi is the founder of Sanhwe Scentuary. Her work brings together perfumery, African botanical materials, sustainability, formulation and the development of botanical fragrance rooted in the aromatic resources of Africa.
Visit Sanhwe ScentuaryRakhi Pikle
Mumbai-based natural formulator and educator Rakhi Pikle works across botanical skincare, traditional cold-process soapmaking, haircare and natural formulation. Alongside completing her NPA Diploma, she has developed an extensive teaching practice in India.
Visit Rakhi's WebsiteArina P. Franzén
Founder and perfumer behind Dark Tales and Arina Franzén Botanical Perfumery, Arina was named Best Perfumer 2024 at Stockholm Beauty Week and has developed a distinctive world of scent, history, storytelling and botanical craft.
Read Arina's StoryAntonina Lerch
Belarus-born Antonina Lerch brings together an extraordinary background in elite sport, design and scent. Competing as Antonina Grib, she became a three-time NAIA national singles champion before building a successful career in Hollywood costume and wardrobe, with credits including Dexter, Mad Men, True Blood and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.
Read Antonina's StoryDimitri Dimitriadis
Based in Perth, Dimitri is a perfumer, fragrance historian, writer, curator and educator whose work explores perfume as culture, history and art. His career in fragrance spans more than two decades.
Read Dimitri's StoryKatrina Cochrane
Sydney-based perfumer Katrina Cochrane combines a background in aromatherapy and the Australian wine industry with refined botanical perfumery. She founded Archer Farrar Perfume Atelier in 2020.
Read Katrina's StoryShelley Waddington
Award-winning perfumer Shelley Waddington is the founder of EnVoyage Perfumes and an important early contributor to natural perfumery education at NPA, including pioneering work with natural isolates.
Read Shelley's StoryMartina Vatovec
Boutique perfumer Martina Vatovec is based in Koper, Slovenia. After first studying aromatherapy, she discovered natural perfumery and simply fell in love with it.
Read Martina's StoryOlegs Ovcharovs
A chemistry engineer with a lifelong fascination for aromatics, Olegs' years spent in South-West Asia and Arabic countries deepened his interest in perfume traditions and oriental scent.
Read Olegs' StoryTânia Santos
Tânia is an atypical perfumer whose professional life also includes law, mediation and academic work. Her connection with herbal traditions and Brazil's diverse natural landscapes helped nurture her fascination with natural perfume.
Read Tânia's StoryMiriam Araújo
Miriam is a multidisciplinary artist, perfume designer and cultural manager. In 2019 she created Lila.Botânica, an olfactory studio where perfume meets poetry, colour, movement and art.
Read Miriam's StoryMd Abdullah Al Roman
Abdullah's relationship with perfume began with oud. Growing up around his family's oud distillation plant, the material became deeply connected with his life, work and eventual path into professional perfumery.
Read Abdullah's StoryErik Anderson
Erik's goal is to create 100% botanical bespoke perfumes and colognes, working with natural essences while bringing together his interests in perfumery, education and consultation.
Read Erik's StoryGisele Maletta Marra
Gisele's background includes integrative therapies, medicinal plants, Ayurveda and aromatherapy. Natural perfumery became a way of reconnecting with creativity and creating what she describes as perfumes for the soul.
Read Gisele's StoryTuane Magalhães Barreto Nunes
A biologist, natural perfumer and aromatherapy specialist, Tuane works with botanical fragrance and perfume education. Her professional practice brings together science, aromatic materials, natural perfumery and sensory wellbeing.
View Tuane's WorkRavena Dias Melo
Ravena brings together two closely related worlds: botany and natural perfumery. With an academic background in botanical research, she has also developed her own work as a natural perfumer, creating fragrances under the name Ravena Melo.
View Ravena's PerfumesPatrícia Garcia Leal
Artist, researcher and university academic Patrícia Garcia Leal has developed an extensive body of work exploring perfume, aroma, sensory perception, movement and artistic practice. Her publications include works such as Amargo Perfume and Arte pelos Sentidos.
View Patrícia's Academic ProfileSolange Schumann Magalhães
Solange is the founder of Botânica Mantiqueira in São Bento do Sapucaí, where botanical materials, aromatic plants, distillation, natural products and perfumery meet in a practice closely connected with the landscape of the Mantiqueira mountains.
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São Paulo-based Fabrícia Prado works through Botanique Parfums. Her creative background also includes international fashion and design experience, bringing a strong visual and artistic sensibility to her work with fragrance.
Visit Botanique ParfumsJuliana Oliveira da Cruz
Entrepreneur and perfumer Juliana Oliveira da Cruz is the founder of Arqué Cosmética Natural. After graduating from NPA and winning the Academy's 16th Anniversary perfume competition, she returned to the Academy as a course author, creating business education for independent artisans.
Visit Arqué Cosmética NaturalDannilo Autorino
Brazilian artisan perfumer Dannilo Autorino creates small-batch fragrances using selected natural materials. His work connects botanical perfumery with symbolism, storytelling and his broader practice exploring scent as a deeply personal creative medium.
View Dannilo's PerfumeFrancisco Rossa
Francisco Rossa works in Brazilian natural perfumery and aromatic craft, including the preparation of traditional fragrant materials such as kyphi. His work appears alongside other independent natural perfumers contributing to Brazil's growing botanical perfume community.
View Francisco's WorkJanaina de Oliveira Barros e Silva Camargo
Janaina's work crosses aromatherapy, aromatic materials, education and research. Founder of Acquaria, she has developed a professional practice around scent and botanical materials and has also contributed to published research involving essential oils.
See Janaina's WorkSydney Buffman
Los Angeles perfumer and multidisciplinary artist Sydney Buffman creates imaginative botanical fragrances through SYD Botanica, drawing on design, herbalism, incense making and alchemy.
Visit SYD Botanica WebsiteAnastasiia Titova
Natural perfumer and clinical aromatherapist Anastasiia Titova is the founder of OILAND in Ubud, Bali, where she works with natural aromatic materials across perfumery and sensory wellbeing.
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New Zealand natural perfumer Amanda Workman founded Sunday Best Perfume after developing a fascination with botanical fragrance. Her small-batch perfumes are composed entirely from natural materials.
Visit The Good List NZInge Milde
Alongside her career teaching entrepreneurship, Inge Milde founded HĀVN, creating small-batch natural fragrances inspired by landscape, memory and the distinctive character of botanical ingredients.
Visit HĀVN WebsitePavini Moray
Pavini Moray is the perfumer behind SUUL Parfum in Asheville, creating 100% botanical fragrances and deeply personal bespoke perfumes designed around identity and significant life moments.
Visit SUUL ParfumSalomón Murow
Chemical engineer and natural perfumer Salomón Murow founded PARFO LAB in Mexico City, bringing together perfumery education, formulation, science and sensory practice.
Visit PARFO LABZoe Strantzali
Greek botanical perfumer Zoe Strantzali is the creator of Nymphaea, where she develops natural perfumes, bespoke scent experiences and botanical perfumery education.
Visit NymphaeaNiamh O'Connell
Irish natural perfumer Niamh O'Connell founded Esmerelda Botanicals in County Kildare, developing botanical products and fragrance through her independent Irish business.
Visit Esmerelda BotanicalsSara Josephine Clarke
Kentucky-based perfumer and fine artist Sara Josephine Clarke creates natural botanical ritual perfumes, growing and extracting a number of the aromatic materials used in her work.
Visit Moon & Sun EmporiumZsófia Pintér
Hungarian natural perfumer Zsófia Pintér works through Elixír Parfüm, creating fragrance and teaching perfume-making workshops while also mentoring others entering the craft.
Visit Elixír ParfümDanica-Lea Larcombe
Australian perfumer Danica-Lea Larcombe has continued professionally in natural fragrance and is publicly recognised within the natural perfumery community in Western Australia.
View Danica's PerfumesWhere could natural perfumery take you?
The perfumers featured here began in different places, with different backgrounds and different ambitions. What they share is a serious interest in working with natural aromatic materials and developing that interest into something of their own.
The Natural Perfume Academy has been teaching natural perfumery online since 2008, with students joining us from around the world. If you would like to develop your own practice in natural perfumery, explore the NPA Diploma.
Already an NPA graduate?
Our Hall of Fame is a growing showcase of NPA graduates and qualified
alumni and where their work has taken them. If you are working
professionally in perfumery, scent, formulation, education or related
aromatic arts, we would love to hear from you.