Adriana Medina-Baez, John Gamba, Calice Becker

Calice Becker began her perfumery journey not in a classroom but at her mother's kitchen table, where a childhood inability to recognize people by name, only by scent, was reframed as a gift. That early sensitivity led her to study at the Givaudan Academy in Grasse before her 1984 debut at Roure Bertrand Dupont. She ascended through Quest International, earning the classical French perfumery education she now directs at Givaudan's own school. Adriana Medina-Baez arrived at Givaudan from a different angle: a Biology degree and a Master's in Cosmetic Science from Fairleigh Dickinson, yet she entered not as a perfumer but as a lab technician, absorbing the craft through hands-on laboratory apprenticeship that fused scientific rigor with creative instinct. She attended the Givaudan Perfumery School in 2000 and never looked back. John Gamba, equally embedded in the Givaudan collective, has partnered with both Becker and Medina-Baez across multiple successful lines. Together, this trio brings three distinct entry points into the same craft: classical French mastery, American scientific precision, and the steady collaborative hand that binds them. Medina-Baez, a Colombian-born VP Perfumer, has spoken of this industry as her life's work, celebrating thirty years in the field and twenty-four as a nose. Becker's recognition includes The Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, and her mentorship now shapes the next generation from Grasse.