Annick Goutal, a prizewinning pianist and model has converted herself into perfumer after meeting Henri Sorsana in 1977. Goutal spent seven years with Sorsana learning difficult art of creating scents. She was back with notes again, this time fragrance notes. Each Goutal perfume is a touchstone, a reminder of someone or something important in her life. Passion (her own personal perfume) launched in 1983 and Eau d'Hadrien launched in 1981 made her signatures as a unique perfume designer.