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Miles Wambaugh

Miles Stewart Wambaugh, a Franco-American artist, was born in Paris in 1965 of a Parisian mother and a Bostonian father.

Miles was brought up in an artistic environment thanks to his father a musician and a writer and his mother for whom art was all encompassing. Early on, he took drawing lessons at the Arts Décoratifs of the Louvre Museum and later entered the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts appliqués et Métiers d’Art in Paris.

His forms of expression are: painting, high relief, drawing, design, volume sculpture.

Ornithology and hunting are among his favorite pastimes in the Baie de Somme, where he lives. The surrounding wilderness has inspired him to create and express himself freely. His atelier is his den. Hunting, tradition, dogs, the smell of trails, of the seaside, flora and fauna, bodies of water… all contribute to the creation of stories with multiple resonances. Miles Wambaugh has collaborated with a number of luxury perfume Houses (Saint Laurent, Dior, Hermès…). Today he unveils his universe of colors and fragrances.

Meeting Pierre Dinand, a renowned designer, as well as perfumers Jean-Louis Sieuzac and Dominique Ropion has been decisive as they have encouraged him to pursue a novel artistic adventure where paintings and perfume interact and mingle.

The Maison de parfums Miles Wambaugh presents its first collection made of five perfumes, paintings and bottles in symbiosis to bring out sensuality.

Miles Wambaugh

Miles Stewart Wambaugh, a Franco-American artist, was born in Paris in 1965 of a Parisian mother and a Bostonian father.

Miles was brought up in an artistic atmosphere thanks to his father a musician and a writer and his mother for whom Art was all encompassing. Early on, he took drawing lessons at the Arts Décoratifs of the Louvre Museum and later entered the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts appliqués et Métiers d’Art in Paris.

His mediums for expression are manifold: painting, high relief, drawing, design.

Ornithology and hunting are among his favorite passtimes in the Baie de Somme, where he lives. The surrounding wilderness has inspired him to create and express himself freely. His atelier is his den. Hunting, men and tradition, dogs, the smell of footpaths, of the seaside, flora and fauna, the bodies of water… all contribute to the fancying of tales with multiple resonances. Miles Wambaugh has collaborated with a number of luxury perfume Houses (Saint Laurent, Dior, Hermès…). Today he unveils his universe of colors and fragrances.

Meeting Pierre Dinand, a renowned designer, as well as perfumers Jean-Louis Sieuzac and Dominique Ropion has been a decisive event as they have accompanied him in fostering the idea of living a novel artistic adventure where paintings and perfume correspond and mingle.

The Maison de parfums Miles Wambaugh presents its first collection made of five perfumes, paintings and bottles in symbiosis to bring out sensuality.

Bottle designer

Miles Wambaugh has drawn and created the bottle for his perfumes in close collaboration with Pierre Dinand, as a powerful symbolic object, manifold and sensorial.

Designer

Pierre Dinand

In perfume-making, Pierre Dinand is considered as one of the most prominent designers of perfume bottles in the world. His creations are many and legendary, a signature spanning a career of over fifty years: Opium by Yves Saint Laurent; Femme by Rochas; Amarige by Givenchy; Eternity by Calvin Klein; Armani by Armani; Eau Dynamisante by Clarins… are among the thousand he has designed.
Powerful and strong, the bottle takes over the hand of the holder. It is undoubtedly unique inasmuch as no one is able to say what shape it has or what it looks like. Actually, Miles Wambaugh creates while letting one’s imagination interpret freely. At first sight, the glass bottle is massive, heavy, vertically fashioned like a high-rise building. It looks as though it were whistling a New York tune from the 30’s, utterly composed.

The bottle is capped with an original metallic shell through which holes can be guessed at, like a barrel chamber. A virile bottle, almost sexual, to shelter perfumes with strong idiosyncrasies. There is also a mechanical side to it, a flip. This bottle is a weapon for perfume, an arm of seduction. A lighter which sets senses afire.

Bottle Designer

The Perfumers

Dominique Ropion and Jean-Louis Sieuzac are notorious perfumers who have known each other for years. A story of friendship and perfumery that Miles Wambaugh rejuvenates for his first collection.

Perfumer

Dominique Ropion

Dominique Ropion was introduced very early on to fragrances. Both his mother and grandfather worked for Roure, now Givaudan. He would spend part of his summer vacation weighing in place of the firm laboratory’s staff.

Dominique Ropion has been Maître parfumeur at IFF since the year 2000. He is the author and co-author of a wide range of prestigious perfumes for luxury brands or high perfumery. His acquired name of « Master of the flowers » is well deserved, Dominique knows how to work passionately and patiently with almost indomitable flowers like the tuberose or the jasmine. Dominique Ropion has worked for the best: Christian Dior, Thierry Mugler, Lancôme, Givenchy, Frédéric Malle, Issey Miyake, Yves Saint-Laurent, Paco Rabanne and The Body Shop.

Perfumer

Jean-Louis Sieuzac

Jean-Louis Sieuzac also started his career in perfume making working for Roure, where he met Dominque Ropion. The two friends work together. Jean-Louis Sieuzac has created outstanding perfumes which remain as iconic references such as Bel Ami by Hermès, Fahrenheit by Dior, Dune by Dior or the undenied masterpiece Opium by Yves Saint-Laurent. He has also collaborated with Shiseido, Oscar de la Renta.

On Pierre Dinand’s advice, Miles Wambaugh has wished to work with this incredible duet knowing that they would enable him to truly explore and express his universe before translating it into perfumes.

The Perfumers
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