MONA DI ORIO

Mona di Orio is a remarkable perfumer in many ways, and one whose progress we follow keenly. She is, firstly, a woman – something historically rare in the profession, though increasingly less so. She has propelled herself into a profession that is often quite closed through sheer passion and persuasion – she had no connection with the world of perfume until, aged 16 she wrote to one the most celebrated noses of the time, Edmond Roudnitska, and pleaded with him to meet her.