Marie-Pierre Blanchette
Perfumer. Founder of MISKEO Parfums. Born in Montréal. Based in Berlin.
How she found perfumery
Her path began in Montréal and accelerated after moving to Berlin eight years ago. A background in anthropology and years as Head of Design at Zalando shaped how she builds ideas and edits for clarity. Design thinking became a way to compose scent.
Where it began
She wanted a name that travelled easily and was not tied to a single culture. MISKEO comes from the Latin misceo, to mix, slightly altered for a modern sound. Mixing is the brand’s core principle, joining materials to make something more than the sum of its parts.
His first statement
The debut collection follows a minimalist philosophy. Each perfume is a clear idea rendered simply. Brume evokes thick fog and heightened senses with juniper, mastic, aldehydes, cucumber, vetiver and an ozonic lift. Daim is a quiet study in elegance with suede, blood orange, black pepper, hay, frangipani, jasmine, mahogany and castoreum. Épices warms like a shared meal, led by mandarin, coriander seed, cardamom, elemi, myrrh, musk, patchouli and Virginian cedarwood. Feuille captures a summer garden’s abundance with tomato leaf, chamomile, pollen, mimosa, linden, elderflower, wild greens, violet leaf and ambrette. Pistil explores duality with galbanum, raspberry, wormwood, violet, jasmine, narcissus, lavender, costus and Atlas cedarwood.
The way she works
She is self taught and builds through trials and intuition rather than a fixed school method. Naturals and synthetics are balanced for clarity, lift and longevity. Pep, known as The Scentinel, evaluates her work from Australia and provides the frank, technical feedback needed to refine each brief into a finished perfume.
Next statements
The upcoming collection moves in the opposite direction. It is maximalist, layered and playful, made to feel exuberant in a heavy time. The focus shifts from single concepts to rich compositions that invite joy.
Independent realities
As a small house she handles sourcing, IFRA documentation, allergen management, safety assessments, filtration and bottling. International shipping of perfumes is complex and costly, and at times service to the United States is suspended. Presence is built through select stockists such as 15 West in Berlin and partners in Brooklyn and Porto, while online remains the primary channel.
Her vision: MISKEO
MISKEO treats perfume as transformation and theatre. Each bottle is an entry point to another inner world, meant to be both felt and inhabited.