Narciso Rodriguezfor her Eau de Parfum Intense

Narciso Rodriguez was raised in Newark, New Jersey. he received his formal education at Parson’s School of Design in New York. Following freelance work in New York’s garment industry, he joined Anne Klein under Donna Karan. later, he moved to Calvin Klein where he worked on the women’s collection.

in 1995, Rodriguez became Design Director of TSE where he presented the first ready to wear collections for men and women in New York. simultaneously, Rodriguez was appointed design director of Cerruti in Paris. in October 1997, the first women’s ready to wear collection under the Narciso Rodriguez label was presented in Milan for the spring/summer 1998 season. Rodriguez was awarded "Best New Designer" at the Vogue/VH1 Fashion Awards in New York and the "Perry Ellis Award" for best new designer by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. the same year, Loewe appointed Rodriguez as Design Director of the women’s ready to wear collection, a position he held until 2001.

in collaboration with Beauté Prestige International, Rodriguez created his first fragrance, for her, in 2003, which received the British FiFi Award for Best New Fragrance that year and the Fragrance of the Year/Women’s Noveau Niche award in 2004. Narciso Rodriguez’s men’s fragrance, for him, was launched in 2007 and received the 2008 Grand Prix du Parfum Award for Best Masculine Fragrance and Best Design. essence, Rodriguez’s third fragrance was launched in 2009. Rodriguez was the recipient of the FiFi Award for Most Iconic Fragrance of the Past Decade in 2012 for his fragrance for her. in little more than a decade, the for her collection, essence and for him collection became innovative classics and modern icons in the fragrance industry. in 2014, the designer launched his new fragrance, NARCISO, which, in one year, is on its way to becoming another iconic classic in the industry.