Paul Austin

at Columbia Business School

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  • Columbia Business School

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Columbia Business School

Founder and CEO, Austin Advisory Group

Paul Austin is a fragrance expert who has worked with some of the world’s top brands, including Rolls Royce, Estée Lauder, Donna Karan, and the esteemed French fragrance house Robertet.

He was instrumental in resurrecting the legendary fragrance Nuit de Chine, created in 1913 for the Paris fashion designer Paul Poiret but long since lost to time, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s blockbuster exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass.” He will talk with us about scent, memory, and the transformative power of authentic origin stories.

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