Vanina Muracciole earned a degree in chemistry before attending the prestigious Institut Supérieur International du Parfum, de la Cosmétique et de l’Aromatique Alimentaire (ISIPCA) in Versailles. After graduating she spent several years at Mane—first in Milan and then in Grasse— before moving to Jean Patou and working with master parfumeur Thomas Fontaine on a freelance basis. Since 2012 she has worked as an independent freelance parfumeur, creating fragrances for such houses as Jovoy, Jeroboam and Le Galion.