Perfumer

Company: A well-established European fragrance manufacturer with more than four decades of experience creating fragrances for the personal care, home care, household, air care and fine fragrance markets. Operating internationally the business combines the agility of an independent fragrance house with the resources and technical expertise of an international organisation. Its reputation has been built on creativity, speed of response, technical excellence and exceptionally strong regulatory support, enabling it to become a trusted fragrance partner to customers across Europe and international markets.

Role: Due to continued business growth, our client is looking to appoint an experienced Perfumer to join its creative team in the Netherlands. This is a hands-on creative role within a business where perfumers play a central role throughout the entire fragrance development process. You will take ownership of projects from initial customer brief through to fragrance creation and customer feedback. Working closely with commercial colleagues and fellow perfumers, you will develop original fragrance creations across multiple product categories while balancing creativity, technical performance, regulatory compliance and commercial objectives. The role offers significant creative freedom, direct influence on customer success and the opportunity to contribute to a growing international fragrance business that values speed, collaboration and entrepreneurial thinking. They offer a challenging and diverse position that encourages professional growth, working with an enthusiastic team, fostering an informal and collaborative working environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop original fragrance creations across personal care, beauty care, hair care, household, air care and fine fragrance. 
• Interpret customer briefs, translating creative requirements into commercially viable fragrance formulations.
• Create fragrances within defined cost targets, technical requirements and European regulatory restrictions.
• Manage customer projects from brief through formulation, modification and successful completion.
• Work directly alongside sales colleagues, providing technical and creative support throughout customer projects.
• Collaborate with fellow perfumers
• Contribute towards fragrance palette development and internal fragrance collections.
• Support fragrance application development and performance testing.
• Continuously develop knowledge across multiple fragrance applications and product categories.
• Balance creativity with commercial awareness, understanding customer budgets and business priorities.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Approximately 7+ years' professional perfumery experience.
• Proven fragrance creation experience across multiple product categories.
• Strong understanding of fragrance formulation within cost and regulatory constraints.
• Experience developing fragrances for European markets.
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating openly within a small creative team.
• Confident making creative decisions and receiving direct customer feedback.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a pragmatic, solution-focused approach.
• Able to manage multiple customer briefs simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills and willingness to share knowledge across the perfumery team.
• Previous experience within an international fragrance house would be advantageous.
• German market knowledge would be beneficial but is not essential