Marie Urban Le Febvre is a French perfume-creator, professor of perfume creation and author[clarification needed]. She is also the founder of Urban Scents, fragrance creation laboratory.[1][2][3][4]
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Career
editAfter studying chemistry, she graduated from ISIPCA in Versailles in 2000 and worked with Symrise and Takasago, an international perfume houses.[5][6][7][8]
In 2014, she began working as an independent perfumer in Berlin. Alongside, she collaborates with other brands and scientific research projects. She has also contributed to the reconstruction of historical perfumes, collaborating with museums, archaeologists, and academic institutions.[9][10][11][12]
In 2023, Marie relocated her fragrance laboratory from Berlin, Germany, to Trieste, Italy, where she continues to run the company Urban Scents.[13][14][15][16]
Notable Projects
editMuseum & Perfume Historical Reconstructions
editIn 2018, she assisted the Germanisches National Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, by reconstructing an 18th-century fragrance for the exhibition "Luxus in Seide. Mode des 18. Jahrhunderts," which took place from July 5, 2018, to January 6, 2019. She has also worked on a permanent scented exhibition, Dream & Trauma, at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin reopening the Carpet Rooms at the Museum für Islamische Kunst. At the Louvre Abu Dhabi, she played a role in the exhibition "Roads of Arabia - Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia," which ran from November 8, 2018, to February 16, 2019.[17][18][19]
In Berlin, Germany, Marie worked on the scented exhibition Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt at the Deutsches Historisches Museum from November 21, 2019, to April 19, 2020. Since 2020, her work has been featured in the permanent exhibition Berlin Castle Court Pharmacy of the XVIIIth at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. [20]
Marie was involved in the permanent exhibition BerlinZEIT, which opened on December 1, 2023, at the Ephraim-Palais Museum in Berlin. From March 23, 2024, she will also participate in a new permanent exhibition at the KSM Kölnisches Stadtmuseum in Cologne, Germany.
Theater & Cinema
editIn 2019, Marie created the scents for the historical thriller film Effigy: Poison and the City, a German independent film. Two years later, she served as a perfumer adviser for the second season of the German Netflix/ZDF series Das Parfum and in October 2023, she designed the olfactory scenography for Der Menschenfeind von Molière at the Burgtheater.[21]
Personal Life
editMarie is married to Alexander Urban, with whom she runs their joint company, Urban Scents. They have one son.[22]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Handelsblatt". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Le programme Ambassadeurs Réflexions - Marie Le Febvre". Champagne Lallier (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ red, kaernten ORF at (2024-06-22). "Die duftende Welt zweier Supernasen". kaernten.ORF.at - Kärnten Heute (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Kärntner des Tages: Vom Duft der großen weiten Welt". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Rencontre avec Marie Urban Lefebvre, créatrice indépendante de parfums". lepetitjournal.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Conférence parfum | Institut français d'Allemagne". www.institutfrancais.de. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Marie Le Febvre Shows Us Her Urban Scents". fragrantica.com. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ Göbel, Vanessa. "Parfummanufaktur Urban Scents: Reduzierte Opulenz". markenartikel-magazin.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Marie Urban - Le Febvre: Was ist dein Naturtalent?". Red Bull (in German). 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ Camen, Michelyn (2021-05-03). "D:SOL MMVXVI TERRAM". ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Marie Le Fèbvre's Impact through Fragrances". impactmania. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Duft-Manufaktur URBAN SCENTS | redspa.de" (in German). 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "URBAN SCENTS". askenova. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Urban Scents — Giving transparency inside & outside".
- ^ "THE GERMAN APPROACH TO PERFUMERY". www.essencional.com. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Urban Scents". Vivre à Berlin (in French). 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Marie URBAN". Marie URBAN (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ Denmark, AKQA. "Louvre Abu Dhabi | Art - Exhibition - Roads of Arabia - Louvre Abu Dhabi". Louvre Abu Dhabi | Art - Exhibition - Roads of Arabia - Louvre Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "Dream and Trauma Reopening of the Carpet Rooms in the Museum für Islamische Kunst". smb.museum. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "On the Scent of the Discoverer – DHM-Blog | Deutsches Historisches Museum". Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ ""Der wahre Duft haftet immer an einem": Die Parfumeurin Marie Urban…". Netflixwoche (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Why niche fragrances are experiencing a hype". derstandard.de. Retrieved 15 October 2024.