The house
Annick Goutal was founded in 1981 in Paris (France) by Annick Goutal, a pianist and former model who turned to perfumery after training informally and developing her compositional sensitivity outside the conventional industry path. Her first major release, Eau d'Hadrien (1981), drew on citrus, cypress and galbanum to construct a transparent, luminous profile that differentiated itself clearly from the heavier oriental fragrances dominant in French perfumery at that time.
The house maintained a tight collection of personally authored compositions signed by Annick Goutal herself, sometimes in collaboration with Francis Camail. After Annick Goutal's death in 1999, her daughter Camille Goutal took over the creative direction, extending the catalogue while preserving the characteristic aesthetic of delicate naturals, pastel florals and precise citrus openings.
On Osmetheca, Annick Goutal is represented by two fragrances: Eau d'Hadrien (1981), co-signed by Annick Goutal and Francis Camail, a citrus woody profile that became a reference in the transparent French perfumery tradition; and Sables (1985), signed by Annick Goutal, a woody amber with an unusual powdery resinous texture that remains one of the more complex entries in the early catalogue.
Perfumes on Osmetheca
The following Annick Goutal fragrances are documented with full profiles on Osmetheca. Each entry includes launch year, perfumer attribution and olfactive family.
| Year | Perfume | Perfumer | Olfactive family |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Eau d'Hadrien | Annick Goutal, Francis Camail | Citrus woody fresh |
| 1985 | Sables | Annick Goutal | Woody amber powdery |