Fragrance Evaluation Lead – Middle East
Palomba General Trading
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Job summary
Palomba General Trading LLC is seeking an experienced Fine Fragrance Creative Evaluator – Middle East to support premium and niche fragrance concept development for GCC and international markets. The role requires strong olfactory judgement and ability to translate briefs into technical feedback for perfumers.
Based in Dubai, the position involves evaluating submissions, developing briefs, benchmarking against references, and guiding fragrance development with perfumers.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of relevant fragrance evaluation/development experience preferred.
- Strong olfactory vocabulary.
- Knowledge of fragrance families and raw materials.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate fine-fragrance submissions and modifications.
- Develop and interpret olfactory briefs.
- Translate creative objectives into structured perfumer feedback.
- Compare competing fragrance directions.
- Conduct benchmarking against relevant market references.
- Assess top, heart and dry-down development.
- Evaluate diffusion, persistence, balance and identity.
- Participate in fragrance-selection sessions.
- Guide modification rounds with perfumers.
- Evaluate natural and synthetic raw materials.
- Support development of GCC-oriented fragrance concepts.
- Analyse consumer and market olfactory trends.
- Support premium and niche fragrance-development projects.
- Work with essential oils, naturals and specialty aromatic ingredients.
- Participate in customer presentations and technical fragrance discussions.
- Maintain structured evaluation records.
- Support selection of final fragrance candidates.
Skills
Job description
Palomba General Trading LLC is seeking an experienced Fine Fragrance Creative Evaluator – Middle East to support premium and niche fragrance concept development for GCC and international markets. The role requires strong olfactory judgement and ability to translate briefs into technical feedback for perfumers.
Based in Dubai, the position involves evaluating submissions, developing briefs, benchmarking against references, and guiding fragrance development with perfumers.
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