Angélique Burke | Source | VP of Fragrance, and Senior Perfumer at Sensegen
Angélique Burke
Angelique Burke is VP of Fragrance and Senior Perfumer at Sensegen. The company creates all-natural finished fragrances powered by biotechnology and is a taste, smell, and beauty pioneer. Angelique is a trained and certified perfumer.
Angelique specializes in creating clean and sustainable fragrances for air, laundry, home care, fabric, and more. In 2024, Angelique presented at the American Cleaning Institute's Annual Meeting on the first-of-its-kind 100% biotech fragrances for cleaning products, air care, home care, etc.
Angelique has been featured in Perfumer & Flavorist and many publications. She has participated in industry panel discussions and presented at industry events.
A chemical engineer by training, Angélique initiated her career in fragrance as an applied technology chemist at Firmenich in London. In 2004, she moved to the US to train as a perfumer at Takasago and later acquired dual citizenship in the US and France.
Her curiosity and inspired approach to problem-solving made her a natural candidate for personal and home care perfumery, where she was able to marry technical savvy and creative flair.
Always intrigued by new challenges, in 2020, Angélique moved to the coast of Southern California to join Blue California as a Senior Perfumer in their Flavor and Fragrance division. Shortly thereafter, she was engaged to lead their new venture, Sensegen, a first-of-its-kind fragrance house exclusively dedicated to creating biotech-powered natural fragrances.
As VP of Fragrance, Angélique is in charge of developing the strategic vision and leading the commercialization of ISO 9235 natural fragrance solutions. She previously participated in various Fragrance Creators Association events on Capitol Hill promoting the fragrance industry.
In addition to her lifelong passion for fragrance, Angélique is a competitive cyclist, hiking and mountaineering enthusiast, avid traveler, and daily yoga and meditation practitioner.
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Sensegen
VP of Fragrance, and Senior Perfumer
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Forging Bio Podcast: Biotech Fragrances (Episode 1)
Casey Lippmeier, Vice President of Innovation at Conagen sits down with Angelique Burke, Vice President of Fragrances at Sensegen to discuss the art of leveraging biotechnology and perfumery: a natural alternative solution to fragrance creativity and product development. Learn more about Sensegen's fragrances made by biotech at sensegen.com. Forging Bio Episode 1 October 13, 2023 ★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/70751c7f ★ Additional episodes: http://www.forgingbio.com
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Scenting success: Sensegen’s biotech solutions for fruit and floral perfumery
With the saturation of synthetic fruity and floral scents in modern perfumery, Sensegen presents an eco-conscious solution based on biotechnology. Angelique Burke, Sensegen’s VP of Fragrance, focuses on the challenges and environmental consequences of extracting molecules from natural ingredients, and explains how biotechnology enables the creation of novel and authentic fruit and floral fragrances. :
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"When Conagen asked the scent creators at Sensegen what their greatest wish was, the unanimous answer was a sustainable, cruelty-free musk. We said we needed a musk, and four weeks later, we got a sample.”
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“The era of natural perfumery is here and we are bringing nature back into perfumery by harnessing classic fragrance molecules from biology rather than deriving them from petroleum.”
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"The lack of availability of natural musks, combined with the ubiquity, performance, and wide acceptability of this olfactive character, has created a huge challenge for natural fragrances to compete in the marketplace. Today, Sensegen can offer a far-reaching range of natural and sustainable creations, which proudly stand their ground in the market."
