Senior Frangrance Developer
Date: Oct 27, 2026
Location: Innovation House, GB
Company: CPL Aromas
As the largest fragrance only fragrance house in the world, we take pride in proactively shaping the future of the fragrance industry. We focus all our creativity, innovation, and energy into making fragrances and nothing else. CPL Aromas is home to some of the world’s leading perfumers, and we’re trusted by top brands to translate their creative vision into beautiful scents. We provide career and development opportunities for talented individuals across a range of disciplines – from all support functions to customer facing roles. A job at CPL Aromas promises a unique career path for anyone with a passion for the world of fragrance. With operations all over the world, we celebrate a diverse range of cultures at CPL Aromas and, we offer equal opportunities and flexibilities.
Reports to:
UK Development Director
Job Purpose
As a Senior Fragrance Developer, you will have the responsibility of developing winning fragrances for the assigned categories and markets. You will work closely with Account Managers and Marketing team to develop olfactive strategies and drive sales. Proactively develop strategic fragrance collections for key customers based on their needs. Use your expertise to analyze benchmark products and market data to translate into
Tasks and Responsibilities
Key accountabilities of the role include:
- Ownership of key accounts
- Ownership of key markets
- Ownership of key categories
- Promote library fragrances where applicable
- Guide perfumers in developing winning fragrances
- Understanding of olfactive strategies of main brands in market/category
- Analyse client portfolio and perform gap analysis
- Grow untapped accounts through strategic fragrance portfolio reviews
- Identify best performing fragrances for assigned category and promote to sales team
- Work closely with other evaluators, perfumers and sales team
- Support assigned markets by looking at trends, gaps and prospects
- Training of junior evaluators
- Building evaluation protocols
Skills and Attributes Required
- Minimum 5 years experience in Fragrance Development role
- Excellent communication & presentation skills (Spoken & Written English)
- Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Olfactive knowledge & perfumery language
- Market knowledge of the assigned category
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements
- Business acumen
- Strategic thinking
- Project management
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Collaboration skills
All qualified applicants will be considered for employment irrespective of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender identity or disability status. Due to large volume of applications, we are only able to contact applicants who meet the role requirements. The salary package offer will only be discussed with the final candidate, based on the individual’s relevant experience and skills. Should your skills and experience fit the above criteria, please click apply link to submit your application.