Name: Nabil Hayari
Company: Hayari Perfumes
Finalist Perfume: Only For Her
Category: Independent

1. Where are you, right now?
In Paris, admiring the view from HAYARI Paris' showroom, as spring brightly starts

2. What was the last thing you searched for, in Google?
Species and properties of Atlas Cedars, to develop a new fragrance based on childhood memories…

3. What's a song you are listening to, these days?
Happy, Pharrell Williams

4. What led you to perfumery?
I have been passionate about scents and the world of perfumery since an early age. Collaborating with famous "noses" is an enlightening experience and a boost to my creativity. The floral trio of fragrances Only for Her, Goldy, and Broderie, directly draws its inspiration from one of my couture collections, in which some of the gowns where embroidered with my favorite white flowers... I wanted to sublimate the HAYARI woman with a signature scent, to adorn her with the most sensual, elegant, sophisticated, and timeless accessory

5. What excites you about your finalist perfume Only for Her? 
Only for Her reveals the full complexity of all contemporary princesses in all their sparkling, dynamic and seductive glory. This unique fragrance is an homage to the French classic elegance, opening with fruity notes and drying down gracefully onto a velvet bed of patchouli, sandalwood and creamy vanilla. Nabil Hayari worked closely with Sidonie Lancesseur of Robertet to develop this airy yet intense original fragrance, with the aim of transposing the universe of couture to the prestigious and beautiful world of perfume.

6. Name three scents (other than your own) that you are a big fan of.
Terre d’Hermès
Le Mâle de Jean-Paul Gaultier
Mon Nom est Rouge de Majda Bekkali

7. If you could give a few words of advice to a young person trying to do something in the world, what would you say? 
Go with your heart because it will never mislead you. If you find creativity within you, embrace it, it is the most fabulous gift of all!

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Learn more about ‘Only for Her’ and the other perfumes that make up the independent category finalists by clicking here.

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