Jean-Claude Ellena, the ""nose"" of the luxury brand Herm s for fourteen years, was the Creative Director of Fragrance at the perfume house Le Couvent between 2019 and 2024. He is now an independent perfume composer, creating fragrances for brands on demand. Karin Doering-Froger, an art teacher at the Atelier de S vres, has illustrated many novels and travel guides.