Education
After winning the French National Chemistry Olympiads in 1986, and completing Mathematiques Speciales P" at Lycee Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand in 1988, Laudamiel graduated Valedictorian with a Master"s Degree in Chemistry from the European Higher Institute of Chemistry in Strasbourg, France (EHICS now ECPM, 1991). As a Procter & Gamble Teaching Fellow, he taught chemistry and started a Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Master of Arts (1991). He dropped out of the Doctor of Philosophy program after one year to become teaching assistant in chemistry at Harvard University in 1992.
In 1994 he joined the Procter & Gamble Creative Perfumery School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (United Kingdom).
He received his Creative Perfumery Degree in 1997 from the Procter & Gamble European Center in Brussels (Belgium) where he was soon after promoted Senior Perfumer. In 1999, he received the Procter & Gamble Special Recognition Award for his work in fragrance creation, especially in fabric softeners, and for his discoveries of new fragrance molecules and technologies.
In 1999-2000, he concomitantly and voluntarily learned fine-fragrance creation with ueberfamous perfumer Pierre Bourdon at Fragrance Resources, the creator of Cool Water for Men, Cool Water for Women, Dolce Vita, Joop Homme, Kouros.
In year 2000, Laudamiel joined International Flavors & Fragrances in Manhattan where he polished his skills with perfumers Carlos Benaim, Sophia Grojsman and Pierre Wargny.
